Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kotido district authorities have enrolled in school 34 street children who were rounded up in Kotido municipality. The operation followed a resolution that was passed by the District Security Committee. Charles Ichogor, the Kotido RDC said that the measures are meant to step up …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has trained 2,702 teachers from 1,440 schools in high-risk districts to strengthen school health systems and help contain the spread of the Mpox disease among school children. Speaking to journalists on Friday at the Media Center, the Minister of Health …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The communities of Tapac and Katikekile sub-counties in Moroto district have offered 15.5 acres of land to Tororo Cement Factory for the construction of a primary school and a health facility. Tororo Cement Factory through the Granite General Contractors Ltd currently has business projects in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The training of new primary and nursery school teachers in Uganda is currently in limbo because of the significant delays in the opening of the Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education (UNITE). This setback comes nearly five years after the Ministry of Education raised …
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Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nabilatuk District Chairman Paul Lokol has ordered the elimination of any form of payment in all government schools in the district. Lokol expressed disappointment that despite full support by the government to all the primary and secondary schools, the head teachers have connived with the …
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Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Kamuli District have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly flogging three pupils. The suspect has been identified as David Kitungulu, a watchman at Butegere Primary School in Butansi sub-county. The victims, aged 10, 12, and 13, are pupils at Butegere Primary School …
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MOROTO, Uganda | Xinhua | On the foothills of Mount Moroto, in Uganda’s northeastern district of Moroto, sweet melodies welcomed guests at Kasemeri Primary School, where an event involving sports and art is underway in appreciation of Chinese food aid. Food donated by China and others is keeping thousands of …
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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 …
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Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Girls at Ariwa Secondary School in Bidibidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district are struggling to complete their studies, as many of them are seeking accommodation in the community, and some are now pregnant. Without dormitories, students are forced to rent houses within the community, …
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ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | Nearly 100 million children and youth aged 5 to 19 across Africa are not socially integrated simply because they are out of school, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Mohammed Belhocine said in Addis Ababa. These children and youth are vulnerable …
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