Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has advised parents with first-year students undertaking different educational programmes on bilateral scholarships in Algeria to ensure that they keep on facilitating their children as government has still failed to send them funds. Records indicate that the Algerian …
Read More »Tanzania to issue loans of about 200 mln USD for university students
Dar es salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | Tanzania’s Higher Education Students’ Loans Board (HESLB) announced on Tuesday that it will issue 464 billion Tanzanian shillings (about 200 million U.S. dollars) for 145,000 students in universities and high learning institutions in the 2020-2021 academic year. HESLB, in a statement, informed students …
Read More »Universities petition NCHE over e-learning guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Universities and other institutions of higher learning have asked the National Council for Higher Education to reconsider guidelines barring them from implementing e-learning teaching without all students. The idea of ensuring that the online mode of learning doesn’t exclude any continuing student was first …
Read More »Backlash escalates against Trump’s new visa policy for international students
Denver, US, | XINHUA | Voices against the Trump administration’s recent visa restriction for foreign students continued loudly, as hundreds of thousands of Americans had signed petitions by Friday night, condemning the move. “This is the real American silent majority,” Washington policy analyst Dave Richardson told Xinhua. “They are educated, …
Read More »Gov’t moves to take over struggling Kanara Secondary School
Kitagwenda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has started the process of taking over Kanara Secondary School in Kitagwenda district. The school was constructed in 2005 by the community. It has 400 students, 13 teachers and the only secondary school in the sub-county. However, it has been …
Read More »Makerere university cancels dental surgery student admissions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has deferred the admission of first-year students to the Bachelors of Dental Surgery Program for the Academic Year 2020/2021. This follows the failure to meet requirements set by the joint East African Medical and Dental Council. A document from the office …
Read More »Makerere admits 1,400 students as PUJAB concludes 2020/2021 admissions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Public University Joint Admission Board-PUJAB concluded the selections of students who are joining universities during the 2020/2021 Academic Year, through the National Merit Government Sponsorship admissions. At least 103,000 Senior Six leavers applied for undergraduate government sponsorship in different public universities …
Read More »German virus hunters track down corona outbreaks
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | A team of medical students pressed into service by Cologne’s public health office are scrambling to cut off potential new chains of coronavirus infections by endlessly repeating the same questions. “What are your symptoms? Who have you met in the last few days?” they …
Read More »Tightrope act for Canada circus students facing unemployment
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Students soon to graduate from Montreal’s esteemed National Circus School expect months of uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which has closed shows around the world and thrust their career prospects into doubt. Head upside down, feet pointed to the sky, Antino Pansa balances on a …
Read More »UPDF drops charges against soldiers accused of brutalizing Makerere students
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Military Court has dropped charges against soldiers accused of brutalizing Makerere University students. The soldiers allegedly assaulted the students who were protesting against tuition increment. Images and videos of soldiers ordering the students to roll on the ground including …
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