Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been advised to work towards ensuring the full-scale reopening of all educational institutions. In October schools reopened, but only for candidate classes, after more than six months of inactivity following the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the Ministry of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of small businesses around educational institutions have been hit by the lockdown because of the absence of students who form the bulk of their customer base. The government ordered all learning institutions to close on March 20, 2020, as part of the measures …
Read More »Gov’t to decide on school reopening before September
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is still sceptical about the reopening of educational institutions, a decision which, according to President Yoweri Museveni will be taken before September. The academic year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, as a precautionary measure to forestall the spread …
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