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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools and other learning institutions have a one-year grace period to clear their outstanding bills, thanks to a decision by electricity distributor, Umeme. The education sector has been arguably the hardest hit by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures against it, having …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district education department is urgently seeking 420 million shillings to buy and repair furniture that has been destroyed during the lockdown period. Following an inspection conducted by a team from the education and works department in the past two weeks, a total of 1,970 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant, nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Henrietta Fore has said. The new cases are being fuelled, increasingly, by Omicron, the new variant of concern …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has allowed public and government-aided schools to divert money meant for capitation grant to renovations of structures ahead of the school reopening. The 62 Billion Shillings is part of what was allocated as capitation grants for schools in the current …

🔴 Schools Calendar 2022 ➡ First term Jan 10 – April 15 ➡ Second Term May 9 – August 12 ➡ Third Term September 5 – December 9 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has released a 12 month calendar for the resumption of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists and school heads have warned that Uganda’s education system might fail to recover from the effects of COVID-19, should the ministry of education fail to roll out the promised abridged curriculum. As part of the recovery plan and ensuring that learners catch up on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board is taking a bold step to register multiple years for the next national examinations, URN can exclusively report. However, it is not blanket registration for everyone on account of having added two years to their biological age, the teachers will …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many students in the districts of Hoima, Kikuube, Bullisa and Kagadi have ventured into the fishing industry due to the prolonged closure of schools following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. On 18th March 2020, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered the temporary closure of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Education and Sports (Higher Education), Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo has said vaccination remains key in determining the total reopening of schools. Although President Museveni stated last month that the economy will reopen with or without vaccination come January 2022, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Robinah Nabbanja, has informed legislators that Uganda’s education sector is on course to rolling out the new lower secondary school curriculum when schools reopen in January 2022. “Government has recruited and deployed 1,598 staff in …