Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Education Janet Museveni to appear before Parliament and explain steps taken on the MPs resolution to halt the implementation of the new revised lower secondary curriculum. MPs want Janet Museveni referred to Disciplinary …
Read More »Cabinet to discuss implementation of new lower Secondary curriculum-Janet Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a lot of uncertainty over the implementation of the new lower secondary school curriculum with less than ten days to the formal kick off of senior 1 classes. Early this week, Parliament halted the implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum whose …
Read More »More students complete UBTEB
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There’s been an increase in completion rates in business and technical examinations according to the results released by the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB). According to the results that were released on Friday, a total of 5,251 candidates that sat for examinations in …
Read More »Oulanyah summons Education Minister over revised curriculum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has summoned the Education Minister to address Parliament about the revised lower secondary curriculum scrapping term examinations. Oulanyah made the directive on Friday after Igara East MP Michael Mawanda questioned several issues in the revised curriculum whose implementation starts next …
Read More »Slow court process hindering examination malpractice fight
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The slow court process is hindering the fight against examination malpractice. According to Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB, more than 100 people have been arrested in relation to examination malpractice since 2017, but less than 30 cases have been completed. Dan Odongo, the UNEB executive secretary …
Read More »Disagreements hindering construcion of seed secondary schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Disagreements are hindering the construction of seed secondary schools in sub-counties. Statistics from the Education Ministry indicates that there are 615 sub-counties in Uganda that have no government secondary schools. Of these sub-counties, 228 are government-aided. Government was expected to construct secondary schools under a …
Read More »Provision of sanitary pads in schools to delay- Janet Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni says that there is a need for a well-funded national project to sustain the provision of free sanitary pads. Janet Museveni was on Thursday responding to queries by Members of Parliament sitting on the Education Committee …
Read More »UGX 1.4 Billion Pineapple factory commissioned in Ntungamo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 1.4 Billion shillings pineapple factory has been commissioned in Ntungamo district. The factory owned by Nyakihanga Fruits and Vegetable Growers Cooperative Society located in Buhanama parish, Nyamukana town council was constructed with support from Uganda Industrial Research Institute. It was commissioned on Monday …
Read More »Makerere University unrest: Education Committee asks Janet Museveni to appear on Friday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Committee of parliament has asked the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Museveni to appear and respond to specific issues relating to the recent impasse at Makerere University. The decision was made after the Committee dismissed a delegation of officials from the Education …
Read More »Fees strike: The voices Makerere ignored
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the fighting and firing of teargas at Makerere scales down, there’s one voice whose lone idea was ignored as the University passed the now controversial fees policy last year. It is this policy that triggered a strike on October 22, which has since …
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