Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new vice-chancellor of Uganda Christian University Dr Aaron Mushengyezi is starting a fundraising drive to support lecturers cope with the effects of Covid-19 lockdown. The university administration suspended payment of all its contract and full-time staff in June. The then vice-chancellor Rev. Canon. Dr John …
Read More »UCU suspends duties, won’t pay salaries from June 1
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University will only manage to pay three quarters (75 per cent) of each staff’s salary for May 2020 and will suspend all their duties from June 1. This affects both contract and full-time staff. In a note to staff on Friday, UCU vice-chancellor …
Read More »President Museveni stops universities from issuing exams online during lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged universities insisting on having end of semester examinations during the national lockdown to reconsider. This comes after universities like Uganda Christian University (UCU) informed students that they would be sitting for end of semester examinations online even during the …
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