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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education authorities in Serere district have asked the government to partially reopen schools starting with areas that do not have confirmed Covid-19 cases. The proposal follows an assessment of the recent interventions by the government to help children learn at home. Government has been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 5,000 private schools and higher institutions of learning face permanent closure due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Planning Authority (NPA) has warned. Rogers Matte, the Manager Macroeconomic Planning at NPA says that the closure of schools as part of …

New study has lots of implications for authorities pondering decisions such as reopening schools  | THE INDEPENDENT | Research on COVID-19 pediatric patients is still limited, but a new study offers a fresh perspective on the early diagnosis and epidemic control of COVID-19 in children and could enhance early intervention …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Schools to open or not to open: COVID-19 Crisis exposes government weakness THE LAST WORD One year later: Reflections on the passage of an icon who did so much to shape who I …

*The writer is the Country Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Uganda. The column is written on behalf of 34 agencies participating in the UN-led joint appeal against the impacts of COVID-19 in Uganda COMMENT | El-Khidir Daloum | WFP | One sunny day in June 2019, in …

Advocates of a dead year for schools are similar to the advocates of a continuous lockdown of the economy to defeat COVID-19 OPEN LETTER |  Ass. Prof Mesharch Katusiimeh Rwebiita |  Your Excellency, as government is mulling over the fate of education institutions in this COVID-19 new normal, a group is …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Teso have asked the government not to rush to reopen schools since there is a spike in COVID-19 infections. In March, President Yoweri Museveni ordered for the temporary closure of schools to help the country tame the spread of coronavirus. While addressing …

MEASURES CONFIRMED ✳ June 4 – Resumption of public transport ✳ June 4 – Shopping malls to open ✳ Candidate class schools reopening plan postponed by a month ✳ Decision on Churches, Mosques delayed ✳ Decision on sports delayed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has delayed a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The ongoing COVID-19 lockdown which led to the closure of schools may worsen the already waning learning outcomes in Uganda.   This is according to Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo, the Country Coordinator of Uwezo Uganda, an initiative that aims to improve competencies in literacy and numeracy …

It is very clear that guidelines will impose more Covid-19 prevention related costs on schools. Who will meet the extra costs? COMMENT | Justus Mugisha | We all breathed a sigh of relief when President Yoweri Museveni on Monday  announced partial re-opening of schools. But the more I think about …