Rome, Italy | AFP | Two US students are expected to appear in an Italian court on Wednesday on the first day of their trial over the fatal stabbing last year of a policeman during a botched drugs bust. Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth have been charged with killing newlywed …
Read More »West nile leaders seek equity in distribution of higher education loans
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political Leaders and Educationists in the West Nile are calling for deliberate efforts by the government to ensure regional equity in the enrollment of students to the higher education loan scheme. The scheme is managed by the Higher Education Students Financing Board-HESFB, a government …
Read More »Ugandan students safe in China- MOH
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has said that Ugandan students living in Wuhan city, China are safe from the coronavirus. This was carried in a statement by the Minister of Health Dr Jane Aceng to parliament concerning the plight of Ugandan students in Wuhan China where the Corona Virus …
Read More »New districts trail in UCE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New districts carved out of the top-performing districts have trailed in the just-released Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE results. A deeper look at the figures released by Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB on today shows that districts created 2010, and those that started operations from 2016, are …
Read More »Over 52,000 students not planned for in senior one placements
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 52,000 students who sat for Primary Leaving Examinations in 2019 have not been planned for during the ongoing Senior One selection exercise at the Uganda Manufacturer’s Association conference hall. According to the Uganda National Examinations Board, 683,303 candidates sat for P.L.E in 2019. …
Read More »Health institute merges graduation ceremonies citing lack of funds
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 146 students of St Elizabeth Institute of Health Professionals in Mukono Municipality who failed to graduate last year because of the failure by the institute to organise a graduation ceremony have finally graduated. The institute merged the graduation of last year’s students together …
Read More »Security guard shoots Kampala University student dead
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Police are investigating circumstances under, which a security guard attached to Star React Security Guard Limited shot dead a third year student of Kampala university, Jinja branch. The deceased has been identified as Isaac Katagwa who has been pursuing a bachelor’s degree in hotel …
Read More »Over 100 teenagers arrested during night parties in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Kitgum district are holding 110 teenagers arrested while attending night events on Friday night. The suspects mostly students who returned home for the third term holidays were arrested from hotels and night clubs that hosted “corporate” night dances within the municipality. Robert …
Read More »Catholic institutions asked to rethink higher education approaches
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Papal nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Luigi Bianco has challenged catholic founded institutions to rethink their way of teaching and front an ‘integral education in a fragmented world, full of contradictions.’ The Papal nuncio says that challenges stirred by development and the evolution of technology …
Read More »SEATIN rallies teachers to improve students debating skills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Southern and Eastern African Trade Institute –SEATIN has asked teachers to help improve the debating skills of students. Ambassador Nathan Irumba, also SEATIN executive director said that the fights and insults between different political camps is as a result of to lack of teachers …
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