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Berlin, Germany | AFP |  Germany is eyeing an almost complete return to normality in May, with plans to send all pupils back to school and to restart the top-flight football Bundesliga, according to a draft agreement seen by AFP Wednesday. “Even after initial steps to open up were introduced from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | If closure of schools as a strategy to halt further spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, United Nations (UN) Agencies warn that many children around the globe may not get another chance of an education. As a result in their latest joint press statement, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  As countries around the world start lifting COVID-19 lockdowns that were instituted to forestall the spread of the pandemic, Global Education Partners-GPE are calling upon for implementing new measures that will keep learners safe in schools.  Some of the measure that governments are being asked …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As parents continue to stay home with their children during the country’s coronavirus lockdown, schools have taken to social media, television stations and print media to pass on learning materials to learners. Top schools are sending holiday work via Whatsapp groups for parents to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in parts of Kampala and Wakiso is devising means to virtually engage children following the premature closure of educational institutions in the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease-COVID-19. President Yoweri Museveni ordered the closure of schools as one of the measures …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several schools were thrown in confusion following the President’s directive requiring all educational institutional to close as a preventive measure against COVID 19. While announcing the directive in a televised address on Wednesday evening, President Yoweri Museveni, said it was necessary to close schools to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi has issued a circular stating that today will be the the last day for day scholars at school, to enable parents to have it easier picking children from boarding institutions by midday Friday. She said …

Nwoya, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Schools in Nwoya District are struggling to implement the revised lower secondary curriculum due to lack of teachers for some subjects; inadequate and late delivery of learning materials The implementation of the new curriculum that was developed by Ministry of Education and Sports through the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked schools not to cancel school visitation days due to fears that parents might expose learners to COVID-19, a pandemic that has paralysed the globe. This comes after Mugwanya Preparatory School, Kabojja, Uganda Martyrs  Girls Boarding Primary School and …

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Financial indiscipline has been singled out as the major challenge affecting some government institutions in Kasese district. This is part of the finding by Kasese District Public Accounts Committee. In a report issued on Friday, the Assistant Principal Internal Auditor Kasese district, Yonah K. …