Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of education has decided to halt any transfers of secondary school teachers in all public learning institutions across the country. The ban is effective this month pending for the review of the system when schools reopen. The ministry says the ban is intended …
Read More »14 uncoded schools in Otuke await gov’t takeover
Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen uncoded primary schools in Otuke district are operating without support from government. These schools lack the requisite codes from the Ministry of Education and Sports that would have enabled them to receive grants from the government because they are community founded. They include Ariamet …
Read More »Gov’t sued over poor quality education inflicted on learners in Bududa
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has been sued for offering poor quality education to the children of Bududa. The suit which was filed in the Equal Opportunities Tribunal by two lawyers, Najib Kasole and Abubaker Matanda, state that learners in Bududu have been marginalised by the government through …
Read More »APG calls for immediate reopening of Gulu College of Health Sciences
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Parliamentary Group-APG has tasked the government through the Ministry of Education and Sports to immediately reopen Gulu College of Health Sciences. Management closed the schools on Thursday last week following a demonstration by students over the revised fees structure. According to the circular …
Read More »Educationists call for teacher retraining as part of school reopening plan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education experts have asked the government to retrain lower primary school teachers before the reopening of schools. Lower primary classes have remained closed since March 2020 when the country was closed down to tame the spread of COVID-19. The learners had been scheduled to return …
Read More »Open schools to save future generation, educationists plead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | School proprietors in Mukono district under their umbrella body, Mukono District School Proprietors Association have challenged the government to devise means of enabling schools to reopen during the the coronavirus pandemic. Lawrence Lugoloobi, the association chairperson says Uganda may take more years with COVID-19 as …
Read More »Parents welcome proposed reopening of schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents are excited at the news that the government is considering reopening schools in the near future. Initial reports indicated that schools would reopen within two weeks. Ugandan learners have had more than 18 months of a distorted school calendar following closures that started in …
Read More »Education ministry, stakeholders agree on raft of measures for safe reopening of schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of education tabled seven strategies as proposals for the safe reopening of schools during a virtual meeting that attracted several stakeholders. The stakeholders that included school proprietors, education umbrella organizations, and international school representatives all agreed on the strategies that were presented. Among …
Read More »SCHOOLS: Plan to close boarding sections in Primary
📌 The suggested 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar ✳ Terms 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No exams ✳ 2021 was to start August 9 ✳ 2022 starts May 16 ✳ 2023 starts April 10 ✳ 2024 starts February Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of …
Read More »Decision to discard board members as signatories in gov’t aided schools backfires
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by the Ministry of Education and Sports to remove board members or members of the governing council as signatories to the accounts of government-aided schools and institutions has backfired throwing the ministry into chaos. Two weeks, ago, the new permanent Secretary Ministry of …
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