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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is set to receive a major financial boost worth US$324.8 million (approx. 1.19 trillion shillings) under the Uganda Learning Acceleration Program- ULEARN Project, following renewed support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the World Bank. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Optimism is growing at the Ministry of Education and Sports headquarters at Embassy House that  funding of up to UGX 840 billion for its flagship education project will be secured from the World Bank. Sources tell our reporter that these funds, part of the …

Students from Mbale SS noted that the school permits boys to carry phones, but they are only allowed for use during weekends, while at off-campus hotels, or during free time, with some locations providing Wi-Fi. However, girls are not permitted to have gadgets. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has set 30th June 2023 as the deadline for the re-registration of private schools across the country. Five years ago, the Ministry of Education and Sports recalled the licenses of all private schools and ordered them to register afresh …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to issue a circular to combat incidents of bullying by students in all schools in the country. Speaker Anita Among made the directive in her opening communication to the legislators during the plenary sitting on Thursday. It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Re-voting of Shs80 billion has stalled construction of 15 seed secondary schools under the Uganda Inter-Government Fiscal Transfer Programme II (UGFIT), according to officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports. The officials led by the Minister of State for Education and Sports (Higher Education), John …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is developing a plan to support students who may miss or fail the 2023 Senior Four examinations. As per the established timelines, the ministry intends to fully phase out the old lower secondary curriculum in 2023. This means the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum has suffered another setback as teachers of the pioneer class, now in senior three, lack teaching materials. The missing essential materials that teachers across the country are requesting include the teacher’s textbooks and learner’s guides. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Planning Authority-NPA has proposed the phasing out of the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE by 2027. In a document titled; “The National Planning Authority Issue Paper On Uganda’s Education Reforms,” presented to the Education policy review commission, the authority argues that the said national assessment is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Both public and private secondary school headteachers have to ensure that all senior one entrants provide their Learner Identification Number (LIN) before they are admitted, the Ministry of Education and Sports has directed. The Permanent Secretary of the Education Ministry, Ketty Lamaro, emphasized the directive …