Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Self-Study Materials that were distributed to schools as part of the interventions to supplement teaching-learning activities in covid-19 disrupted learning period are gathering dust in stores. The Ministry of Education contracted three different publishers including; Baroque Publishers, MK Publisher, and Fountain Publisher to print and …
Read More »Teachers college administrators arrested for denying students exams
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busia district have arrested two college administrators for blocking their own students, numbering 29, from sitting for final exams. The suspects have been identified as Affan Lubanga, the director Destiny River Primary Teacher’s collage-PTC which is in Iganga district and Benson Kabusira the …
Read More »Absence of school field activities leave Kazinga channel guides counting losses
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student tour guides on Kazinga Channel in Kasese District are decrying the limited business activities following a ban on study tours due to the covid-19 pandemic. Kazinga Channel and Katwe Landing site are key geographical study destinations for students both in primary, secondary and …
Read More »Schools skeptical on implementation of new curriculum as senior one students return
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several schools and teachers are still skeptical about the implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum as senior one students return to school after an unprecedented full-year holiday. The competency-based curriculum was rolled out last year amidst protests from several stakeholders and policymakers. At …
Read More »Makerere University proposed course restructuring generates mixed reactions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions among Makerere University students following a decision by the administration to restructure a number of undergraduate courses. The university has already halted the advertisement of 18 undergraduate courses for the next academic year 2021/2022. The move is in line with the …
Read More »NSSF, Monitor career expo targets 4000 university students
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 10th NSSF-Monitor Career Expo is set to begin tomorrow and will go on for three days virtually, the NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba and Nation Media Group Uganda Managing Director Tony Glencross told reporters earlier today (March 23). The two executives said COVID-19 pandemic preventive …
Read More »Heavy rains destroy houses, schools in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About ten houses and two schools have been destroyed following a heavy downpour and thunderstorms that devastated the Mukono district last evening. The incident happened in Kimenyedde sub-county where rains removed rooftops, washed away houses, household properties and plantations. Also affected were two schools; Springfield …
Read More »Two students shot dead, another critically injured in botched robbery
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two students of St Joseph`s College Layibi School in Gulu City have been killed and another critically injured in a suspected robbery at a neighboring school. The deceased students have been identified as Brian Rubangakene and Emmanuel Okeny while the injured is Kenneth Rubangakene. According …
Read More »Busitema university students strike for missing lectures
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students of Busitima University Mbale branch have staged a demonstration accusing their lecturers of failing to conduct lessons for three weeks. The students locked their lecturers inside the campus before storming the streets with placards condemning their lecturers for failure to teach them. Some of …
Read More »Ugandan students in Algeria demand unpaid stipend
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 74 Ugandan students in Algeria are stuck with no money to meet their basic needs after the government failed to pay their stipend for the last seven months. The Algerian government offers at least 100 scholarships to Ugandan nationals, through an annual scholarship programme administered …
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