Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy, government has been urged to pay examinations fees for finalists in primary and secondary schools. Bugabula South MP, Maurice Kibalya urged government to intervene in the plight of parents and students and meet the examination …
Read More »Five halls of residence to remain closed as Makerere reopens for finalists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five halls of residence in Makerere University will remain closed as finalists resume studies following the long break because of the Covid19 pandemic. The affected include Complex, Livingstone, Lumumba, Mitchell halls and off-campus Kabanyoro student’s hostel. According to university management, the returning students will …
Read More »Gulu task force, clinical school disagree over relocation of COVID-19 patients
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Resident Commissioner, Maj Santo Okot Lapolo has disagreed with the Management of Gulu College of Health Sciences over the relocation of COVID-19 patients. The college with over 900 students operates two campuses; one is adjacent to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital and another at …
Read More »Kyambogo University sets date for reopening
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University has set October 17th as the reopening date for final year students to complete their studies. This also applies to the final year students in their learning centers of Bushenyi and Soroti. The teaching will resume on 19th October and it will last …
Read More »Ministry revises academic year, students to report for second term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education authorities have revised the Academic Year schedule to allow students to report for the second term of school this month, as part of the phased reopening of educational institutions across the country. The Academic Year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, as …
Read More »Institutions allowed to reopen for final year medical students
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The government has allowed Universities and other educational institutions with final-year students undertaking health-related training to reopen and enable students to complete their studies. It is hoped that this will fill the human resource gap that the health sector is likely to face as COVID-19 …
Read More »Makerere asks willing students to start internship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University management has revived plans to send students for internship, field attachments, and recess during the ongoing lockdown. The university had prematurely called off the internships in July amidst concerns from some sections of the public on the timing of the program which …
Read More »Twelve Ugandan students awarded European Union scholarships
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT Twelve Ugandan students have been awarded scholarships to pursue Master’s degrees at different European Universities. Uganda Radio Network-URN learned that the EU is to spend an average of 60,000 Euros (220.4 million Shillings) annually on each student. While speaking at the send-off event for the students …
Read More »Hostel owners ask students to pick property
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hostel proprietors around Kyambogo University have started calling up students to pick up their property, saying they can no longer keep it. A number of students left their property in the privately owned hostels when government announced the closure of all learning institutions in the …
Read More »Special application window sought for students who missed university deadlines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has said that they will consider admitting students who did not apply to the University for study after the deadline. The deadline for application to the University was June 10, from which, the university released an admission list of 4,000 students on July …
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