Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has issued the last call to schools and parents to register candidates for the 2022 national examinations. In a notice issued to schools and the general public, Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director noted that according to their schedule, normal …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccination of children will not be forceful: Education minister
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has said that children will not be forced to get a Covid-19 jab. The minister made the remarks on Wednesday during a press briefing at State House Nakasero. She says that the vaccination of children will …
Read More »Parents in Kasese hesitant to return learners to school
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The low turn up of learners in many schools in Kasese district has been attributed to the resurgence of new Covid-19 infections. Administrators argue that parents are trying to avoid paying schools fees until their convinced of their children’s safety. In some of the schools …
Read More »Gulu school turns away unvaccinated parents, teachers
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of Pakwelo Primary School in Pece-Laroo division in Gulu city blocked unvaccinated parents and teachers from accessing the school premises on Monday. Dozens of parents turned up at the school to register their children and clear school dues but were turned away for …
Read More »Government reinstates PTA fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has resolved to reinstate the Parent Teacher Association-PTA fees, the State Minister for Higher Education Chrysostom Muyingo has revealed. In November 2021, the cabinet scrapped PTA fees, the money contributed by parents to support school activities. While presenting the cabinet position, Dr. Chris …
Read More »Parents, schools embroiled in fees dispute ahead of reopening
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a deepening row between school operators and parents on the recovery of school fees paid during the term that prematurely ended in June this year, at the start of the second COVID-19 lockdown. Several parents had just paid school fees for their children …
Read More »How parents are losing control over their children
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Friday afternoon, Stella Amitu, a mother of five and resident of Bukoto ran into the neighbourhood in the scorching sun in search of her children. “I told you not to leave home, where are your siblings?” Amitu told her older daughter as the …
Read More »Gov’t proposal of learners studying in community schools not feasible – Parents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several parents have said that the government’s proposal that children of lower primary classes should study in schools in the community is not practical. This week, the education ministry came up with seven proposals for the safe reopening of learning institutions. Among them was to …
Read More »Kitgum parents asked to isolate students
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Kitgum district have been asked to isolate their children who returned from school pending a mass Covid-19 testing exercise. The caution from medical workers and leaders comes just a day after 47 students out of 280 who were subjected to the RDT …
Read More »Parents cry over school fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the second school closure effected, parents are currently flocking to the country’s different schools and educational institutions to collect their children. This comes hours after a presidential directive ordering the closure of all schools for 42 days as one of the measures in …
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