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Kampala High Court Judge Margret Oguli Oumo will on Friday give her ruling on whether Makerere University should be made a party in a case filed by a Rubaga South voter Habib Buwembo against his area MP Paul Kato Lubwama. Buwembo wants Makerere University joined as a third respondent with …

Washington, United States | AFP | How should parents and teachers talk — or not — to children about the 2016 White House race, in an X-rated election season dominated by brutal insults, sex scandal and sleaze? It’s a minefield for educators as Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton …

VIDEO: The story of a 60 year old teacher who has no regret quitting her job as a trained teacher to engage in farming as an alternative source of livelihood. Peace Bampata says that after teaching for 15 years in various schools in Bushenyi district, in Western Uganda, she decided to call …

VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has with immediate effect halted the policy that mandates all primary school head teachers to have university degrees. The president says head teachers who are diploma holders are now in panic to enroll for degree programs which he says will affect work in their schools. Share on:

Washington, United States | AFP | Recruits into the Islamic State group are better educated than their average countryman, contrary to popular belief, according to a new World Bank study. Moreover, those offering to become suicide bombers ranked on average in the more educated group, said the newly released study …

VIDEO: Ever wondered why the education standards in Mityana district have gone to the dogs? Our team embarked on a journey to Mityana to find what the problem could be and in what might be a surprise to many… the teachers in district have resorted to riding boda bodas instead of attending …

  Amidst the ping pong between the Bridge International Academies franchise in Uganda and the Education ministry, are parents who have found hope in the services offered by schools under the American franchise. One such parent is Immaculate Nakhumitsa who has two children attending Bridge International Academy Magamaga in Mayuge …

Foreigners could take lion’s share of oil and gas jobs as Uganda lags behind in building local capacity The government recently issued eight production licences to Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Ltd and Total E&P Uganda BV, a development that gives the oil companies the green light to finally proceed with …

As the school terms opens on Monday, Police is warning that it will be carrying out operations in lodging facilities and hotels to ensure children meant to be in school are not spending time in these facilities with unscrupulous men. Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Emilian Kayima says the facilities are …

The High Court in Kampala has extended an interim order it issued earlier against the closure of Bridge International Academies, allowing the schools to open for a third term on September 26. In her ruling at the High Court Civil Division at Twed Towers, Justice Patricia Basaza Wasswa said that …