NBS: Light at the end of the tunnel as President Yoweri Museveni directs the ministry of Finance to pay all salary arrears to striking non teaching staff of public universities. The president also instructed that a committee be set up to investigate the pay roll saga and come out with …
Read More »VIDEO: Janet Museveni orders universities to open
NBS: The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has directed all public universities to open. The directive follows a sit down strike by the non teaching staff which has paralyzed activities and led to delay in the start of the academic semester. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Kyambogo University hires temporary staff
NBS: In order to cope with the odds, Kyambogo University management has recruited temporary non teaching staff to salvage the situation at university following the non teaching staff refusal to get back to work. The non teaching staff refused to report back after they failed to agree with government on …
Read More »VIDEO: No way forward for univesities’ strike
The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has presented a statement before Parliament on the ongoing standoff between non-teaching staff at public universities and government, over failed payment of salary enhancement and arrears. The minister says government needs more time to harmonize the salary scale of the staff. …
Read More »VIDEO: Public universities strike, Finance Ministry calls for calm
NBS: A solution to the ongoing strike by the non teaching staff at public universities is not coming soon with government saying the worker’s arrears are not ready due to limited finances within the Treasury. The ministry of Finance spokesperson Jim Mugunga says while the president’s pledge of 28.5 billion …
Read More »UCU Defends Ban on Prayers
NBS TV: Uganda Christian University dismisses reports that the university has passed new policies to govern religious practices at the institution. The universality’s communications and marketing manager Ganzi Muhanguzi the media reports are out of context. He says the university has an established policy that only permits Christian worship within …
Read More »Universities in trouble
By Joan Akello Kyambogo’s unaccredited courses spark sector-wide scrutiny October 3 at Kyambogo University in Kampala was destined to be a day of drama; literally. By 12 noon students had started to gather at the University’s Peace Park for the 10th Cultural Gala. Even though the three tents erected at …
Read More »The futility of political public universities
By Henry Zakumumpa New developments in Kenya dispel the assumption that Uganda has a comparative advantage in the education sector I recently returned from a regional Universities Conference at Kenyatta University in Nairobi supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Besides noticing the magnificent Chinese-built multilane Thika highway in …
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