Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports will offer free in-service programmes to enable teachers of lower qualifications to upgrade to the required degree level. The new National Teacher Policy now requires that all teachers, right from nursery, must have at least a bachelor’s degree as …
Read More »Gov’t clears schools hosting marking centres to reopen for all classes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has cleared schools that will host marking centres to reopen for all classes. The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB selected over 40 schools mainly in Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, and Luwero districts to host the marking activities. The selected institutions include …
Read More »Activists renew demands for pregnant learners to stay in school
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Child rights activists want the Ministry of Education to extend the time that pregnant learners can stay in school. According to the education ministry policy, the learners are only given a period of three months to attend school after they are confirmed pregnant. However, those …
Read More »Education ministry cautioned against rushing tide on digital learning
Education ministry needs to conduct enough studies to inform the local education digital needs of the country Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has been cautioned against jumping onto the digital learning tide before setting up the required Information Technology basics. With the outbreak of …
Read More »Phasing out of lower teaching qualifications to start this year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is in the final stages of phasing out Grade Three and Five teaching qualifications in the 2021 academic year. Currently, the Grade III certificate is the minimum qualification for primary school teachers, Grade V certificate for Secondary school teachers, …
Read More »Breastfeeding in school: Learners narrate their experience
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robinah Acam, a 21-year-old candidate sitting her O’level examinations at Lira Town College is one of those benefiting from a policy that allowed pregnant and breastfeeding learners to complete school this year. The policy came after public outcry on the number of candidates who conceived …
Read More »Education ministry asks local gov’ts to revert UGX 23Bn meant for study materials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has directed all local governments to revert a total of 23 billion shillings which had been sent to them to print and distribute self-study materials for lower primary learners. Ismael Mulindwa, the director of basic and secondary education confirms …
Read More »UCE candidates in Gulu bothered by failure to complete syllabus
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) candidates in Gulu district are bothered by the failure to complete the O’level syllabus before the start of their final examinations this week. The learners were disrupted when schools were closed in March 2020, as coronavirus disease paralysed the world …
Read More »Gov’t considers special term for semi candidates in revised school calendar
Schooling for semi-candidates resumed on March 1st and is to run for 14 weeks per the earlier ministry program Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has further revised the school calendar to allocate more learning time to semi-candidates in what has been termed as a …
Read More »Kyambogo land saga: Claimants agree on joint survey
Minister for Lands Beti Kamya has directed the Commissioner Survey and Mapping to conduct a joint site survey to establish the interests of all the claimants. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four institutions involved in the Kyambogo land saga have agreed to conduct a joint land survey. The Buganda Kingdom, …
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