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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jinja district’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Lilian Nakamate has announced that the Ministry of Education has ordered a recount of all students in both UPE and Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools. This recount, to be coordinated by GISOs and DISOs, aims to eliminate inflated …

Private sector involvement would bring innovation and international best practices to the feeding programs COMMENT | PETER NYANZI | Following the introduction of UPE in 1997, gross enrolment in primary schools shot up from 2.5 million in 1996 to over 8.6 million in 2023, according to the Ministry of Education and …

Madi Okollo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 100 pupils of Ewanga Primary School in Ewanga Sub County, Madi Okollo District, missed their end-of-term one examinations due to an outbreak of conjunctivitis, commonly known as red eye disease. School authorities report that the most affected pupils are those in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb.1, Airtel Uganda awarded 14 top-performing pupils in four of their adopted schools in the recently released Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results. The announcement was made at Airtel Uganda offices by the company’s Managing Director, Manoj Murali. The event underscored the importance of collaboration …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has confirmed that two pupils of Kasaana Junior School in, Nyendo-Mukungwe division, Masaka City have died in a fire that burned down a dormitory.  The incident that happened at 4:00am also left 11 pupils injured. The dead have been identified as Aloysius Ahebwa and …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 461 Primary Seven candidates failed Primary Leaving Mock Examinations set by the Lira City Council Examination Board. The city registered 5,593 candidates to sit for this year’s Mock exams in both public and private primary schools in Lira. But according to the results released on …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scores of pupils of Nagalwa primary school in Manafwa district were injured last night when a truck they were traveling on board overturned at Kufu bridge in Kufu trading center. Up to 116 were injured but reports of deaths at the scene could not …

Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two pupils of Golden Heart Nursery and Primary School in Busabi Sub County in Butaleja district have been killed after being hit by the wall of their classroom block they were trying to demolish. One of the deceased pupils has been identified as Innocent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children in Bridge Schools receive 53% more learning over the course of their pre-primary and primary school career, according to the latest study. Launched by the Nobel Prize-winning economist, Professor Michael Kremer, to Heads of State and national Education Ministers at the Education World Forum, …

  Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Education authorities in Moroto district are unable to trace 324 primary six pupils who failed to turn up for studies in March 2021. Joseph Aleper, the Moroto District Inspector of Schools, says that they registered 986 pupils across the district before the COVID-19 lockdown …