Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the second school closure effected, parents are currently flocking to the country’s different schools and educational institutions to collect their children. This comes hours after a presidential directive ordering the closure of all schools for 42 days as one of the measures in …
Read More »COVID-19: Nabilatuk district locks out teachers without vaccine certificates
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the teachers in Nabilatuk district may not be able to access class today because of strict guidelines issued by the district COVID-19 task force. According to the district COVID-19, only teachers with COVID-19 vaccination certificates will be allowed to teach. …
Read More »Katakwi district gets UGX 300 million classroom blocks
Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Embassy of Japan in Uganda has commissioned two newly constructed and furnished classroom blocks at Oriou Primary School in Katakwi District. The 300 Million Shillings under the Assistance for grassroots Human Security Project grant covered two classroom blocks, 10 stance latrine and furniture for the …
Read More »Private schools understaffed as teachers abandon profession
Teachers are abandoning the profession completely in favour of personal business Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some private schools around Kampala and Wakiso are operating while understaffed, while others have resorted to hiring part time teachers. The unstable situation in schools has resulted from some private teachers abandoning the profession to …
Read More »Gov’t worried as 99% of teachers shun Covid-19 vaccination
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is worried as over 99% of all the teachers registered across the country to receive the Covid-19 vaccine are still hesitant to receive the AstraZeneca jabs giving excuses like long distances to the vaccination centres. As different frontline workers who were identified …
Read More »Low vaccine uptake forcing MOH back to Covid war drawing board
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ministry of health has been forced to continuously revise the COVID-19 vaccination priority groups due to the low uptake of the vaccine. According to health ministry officials, they have been forced to change the original plan of vaccination to increase uptake of the vaccine. Originally, …
Read More »Soroti teachers want COVID-19 vaccination extended nearer to them
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teachers in Arapai Sub County in Soroti District want the Government to establish COVID-19 vaccination points at Health Centre III nearer to them. This comes after the Soroti District COVID-19 task force set up five vaccination points in the district and city. They include Soroti Regional Referral …
Read More »Teachers, frontline workers being compelled to mandatory Covid-19 jabs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Health and Education ministries are seemingly in support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of teachers and other frontline workers. While the government had initially said that COVID-19 vaccination is not compulsory and subject to consent since the vaccines are new and have never been used …
Read More »Amuru RDC orders compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for frontline workers
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru District Local Government has decided to use an iron hand to get all the frontline workers vaccinated against Covid-19. Most of them are reluctant to the jab. So although being vaccinated in voluntary both in Uganda and the rest of the world, in Amuru district …
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 …
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