Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has embarked on reviewing the current status of school facilities ahead of reopening in January. Following the closure of schools due to the covid-19 outbreak, there has been deterioration of school facilities. In Nakasongola, at least 1,500 pupils may …
Read More »Gov’t to rehabilitate public secondary schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Second Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali, has announced government’s plan to rehabilitate and expand public secondary schools across the country, cognizant of the dilapidated structures in schools. Ali, also Deputy Leader of Government Business, said that the Ministry of Education and Sports has prepared …
Read More »ICPAU releases October examination results showing better performance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Oct.27, the Chairperson of the Public Accountants Examinations Board, Geoffrey Byamugisha and Derrick Nkaja, the CEO of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda and other officials released the October 2021 examination results. “We are grateful to the Ministry of Education and Sports …
Read More »Ministry asks secondary schools to absorb PTC applicants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is seeking for secondary schools to attach students who had opted to join Primary Teachers Colleges-PTC. Every year, the 46 PTCs have been admitting at least 9,200 students with each college accommodating a maximum of 200 students in a given academic …
Read More »Head Teachers turned away from senior one and five selection exercise
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of head teachers who had turned up for the selection and placement exercise at Kololo ceremonial grounds have been turned away due to the lack of Covid-19 test results. The Ministry of Education and Sports scheduled the senior one and five selection process …
Read More »Private teachers petition education committee on relief funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private school teachers have asked Parliament to urge government to provide funds towards the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations-SACCOs for private teachers, despite the group failing to organize themselves to obtain the initial 20 billion Shillings Covid-19 presidential grant. The private teachers leaders under …
Read More »FDC demands for a fulltime education minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has called for the appointment of a senior minister in the Ministry of Education and Sports who is accessible and flexible to tackle the challenges the lockdown has imposed on the education sector. Speaking during the weekly FDC press …
Read More »Schools want gaps in distribution of self study materials addressed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools have asked the Ministry of Education to address gaps in the distribution of the home study materials. The materials were distributed to schools as part of the interventions to supplement teaching-learning activities in the Covid-19 disrupted learning period. The Ministry of Education contracted three …
Read More »Cabinet to consider National School Health Policy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports will soon table before Cabinet the draft National School Health Policy. This was revealed by the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja during Prime Minister’s Time on Thursday, 23 September 2021. The Prime Minister said that after Cabinet’s approval of the Policy, …
Read More »Teachers to conduct remedial teaching, assessment when schools reopen
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education says that schools will conduct remedial teaching and assessment to determine the promotion of learners when schools reopen. According to the ministry, all learners and semi candidates will first complete their respective class curriculum before they are promoted. Dr Dennis Mugimba, the …
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