Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataaha Museveni has cautioned schools and teachers against compacting contents of the syllabus. She says that the practice is hurting the performance of students at several levels of learning. The minister was reacting to the observation made …
Read More »Over 50 schools in Teso face closure over registration
A sample of an on-line report from Uganda Schools Guide of 2018 indicates that Serere has 27 schools that are not registered while Ngora district has 24. The report shows that Soroti Municipality and Katakwi district have nine unregistered schools each while Kalaki district has three. Some of the listed …
Read More »Kampala schools open, ignore Education Ministry calendar
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some schools in Kampala have today disregarded the Ministry of Education (MOE) school calendar and opened for the beginning of the first school term of 2020. According to the MOE school calendar, schools are supposed to officially open for the first term on February …
Read More »SWAHILI: 8,000 teachers trained, ready to start work
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has confirmed that 8,000 teachers have been trained to teach Swahili in all primary schools starting next year. This follows the creation of the Swahili Council that is mandated with supervising the teaching of the language in all schools. …
Read More »Serere pupils fail to sit end of term exams over UGX 2000
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 2000 pupils in Serere district have missed out on the end of term three examinations for failing to raise Shillings 2000. The examinations that were delayed from last week, in a bid to enable parents clear the dues, commenced Tuesday. Several children whose parents …
Read More »Experts blame unhealthy competition as schools resort to night prep for day scholars
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is proposing to have school time reduced from the current 8 am – 5pm to 3:30pm. The development comes after complaints by various stakeholders about children reporting to school very early and leaving late in the night. Henry Semakula who heads …
Read More »Candidates urged to respect school property, uniforms as PLE comes to an end
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was jubilation around city several schools when bells signaling the end of the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE were sounded. The examinations ended at 4:30 pm in many schools due to delayed delivery of the examination papers. At some schools, few scripts were delivered, which made some …
Read More »Mpigi district petitions education ministry over poor funding
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mpigi district has petitioned the Ministry of Education over the poor quality of school buildings and Latrines. The district is seeking an increase in financial allocations in order to improve the quality and quantity of classrooms in order to accommodate a large number of learners. …
Read More »Schools at stake in Cameroon’s separatist crisis
Buea, Cameroon | AFP | A solitary teacher has just two pupils in his class in west Cameroon, where thousands of schools have closed down altogether because of kidnappings and threats by radical separatists. Since a crisis erupted in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon late in 2016, schools have …
Read More »JOBS: PACT Deputy Chief of Party Zimbabwe
Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The four-year USAID funded project, Civic Engagement for Accountability and Democracy in Zimbabwe (CEADZ), aims to contribute to improving accountability and democratic governance that serves an engaged citizenry through increasing the influence of Zimbabwean citizens, acting …
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