Education

Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the vice chancellor of Makerere University has said they have greatly nurtured leaders in this country. As the University prepares to celebrate 100 years of existence, Prof Nawangwe says the country should realize what the University has had in nurturing great leaders. Most of the renowned leaders in this country have had a background at Makerere University. ...

A young man identified as Bryson recently fired up Twitter followers after sharing his incredible inspiring story. He narrated that he sat the West African Examinations Certificate (WAEC) exams twenty times and finally passed on his 21st attempt. The young man revealed that he owns several businesses as well. He will graduate in few months at 22 years as a ...

The government has extended sponsorship for academic year 2022/23 has been extende to continuing students. They made this move to cater for those that the closure of schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic affected. On July 11, Makerere University released a circular. It indicates that students who sat for their Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) in 2018, 2019 and ...

Schools are still battling with low turn-up of students. This is after teachers met the president on Monday and decided to call off their strike and go back to school. The teachers had laid down their tools for close to four weeks. This prompted many government-aided schools to close down because nothing was going on in school. The fact that ...

On Monday afternoon, teachers under the leadership of the UNATU announced the suspension of their sit-down strike. However, though, this announcement came after a turbulent meeting held earlier with the President. “We realized that for the interest of learners and the interest of our members, discussions need to continue. Therefore we decided to take the direction of suspending the industrial ...