Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To expand its reach and impact within the secondary education sector, Stanbic Bank Uganda has forged a groundbreaking partnership with head teachers from across the country. The partnership aims to recruit these head teachers as ambassadors of the Stanbic National Schools Championship (NSC), a prestigious …
Read More »Proposal to place headteachers on contracts sparks debate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a raging debate in the education sector on the proposal to place head teachers and their deputies in government primary and secondary schools on contracts. This is one of the proposals that the National Planning Authority submitted to the Education Policy Review Commission …
Read More »S1 PLACES: Head teachers in hiding
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Higher Education Chrysestom Muyingo has urged head teachers not to run away from schools, but engage the thousands of frustrated parents hunting for Senior One places after the recent PLE results were released. “Reports from the field indicate that some of our …
Read More »MPs want head teachers punished over increased school fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators want head teachers of government-aided schools who increase fees without permission from the Ministry of Education and Sports reprimanded. The MPs on the Committee of Education and Sports made the demand while meeting officials from education ministry, led by the Minister of State for Higher …
Read More »Amuru district authorities resolve to punish headteachers over poor performance
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Harsh punishments await head teachers whose schools will perform poorly in Amuru. The district local government has now attached punishments to poor performance that will be meted out when schools reopen. According to the education department, Amuru district has been performing poorly in Primary Leaving, …
Read More »Head Teachers turned away from senior one and five selection exercise
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of head teachers who had turned up for the selection and placement exercise at Kololo ceremonial grounds have been turned away due to the lack of Covid-19 test results. The Ministry of Education and Sports scheduled the senior one and five selection process …
Read More »Mukono head teachers challenge UNEB secretary on syllabus completion
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A few school head teachers within Mukono district have challenged Uganda National Examinations Board – UNEB secretary, Dan Odongo on discouraging schools from complete the syllabus in senior three. Odongo in his statement while releasing results of the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations …
Read More »Seninde warns Head Teachers over registration
Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | The state minister for primary education Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde has warned head teachers and officials handling the mass enrolment of pupils and students to stop charging money to conduct the exercise. The ministry launched the registration exercise with a view of eliminating ghost pupils and has …
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