Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lecturers at Mountains of the Moon University are demanding answers about the delayed takeover of the university by the government. Last year in December, the Cabinet approved the takeover of Mountains of the Moon University as a public university to enable it to provide …
Read More »MPs yet to agree on proposed radio procurement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators sitting on Parliament’s Budget committee have accused the government of failing to have a comprehensive plan on the roll out of the long distance-learning programme through radio broadcast. The MPs were today examining a number of responses by the State Minister for Higher Education …
Read More »Education sector budget reduced by UGX 111 billion – Janet Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni says that her Ministry faces a risk of not implementing several activities because of the reduction in budget. She says activities worth Shillings 1.68 trillion in the coming financial year 2020/2021 will not be implemented in …
Read More »Education Minister urges tertiary institutions to embrace online courses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo has challenged heads of Tertiary institution to spearhead the use of ICT led innovations. Muyingo says tertiary institutions all over the world are offering online courses for continuing education that allows people to work and study …
Read More »Ugandan children can only achieve 38% productivity as adults
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is not spending enough on developing the future productivity of its citizens. Consequently, a child born in Uganda will only be 38 per cent as productive when they grow mainly because they don’t enjoy complete and good quality education and full health, a study …
Read More »Gov’t to take over Busoga University
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Higher Education, John Muyingo has said government plans to take over Busoga University. Muyingo says that a team of officials from the National Council for Higher Education and auditors have been dispatched to the university to expedite the process of …
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