Education

Up to date, the arts teachers have maintained their strike for salary increment and have declined further teaching of students. However, the general secretary of the Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union, Mr Aron Mugaiga has advised them to reconsider. He advised the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) leadership to advise its members to return to class as they continue to ...

Uganda National Teacher’s Union Secretary-General, Baguma Philbert has said there is no difference between science and arts teachers. He adds that there is no need for these two parties to be earning different salaries. Baguma says science teachers should be separated from scientists because teaching science subjects doesn’t make them scientists. “The work of a teacher is to facilitate learning. ...

University Lecturers from public universities have decided to announce a strike. This follows an ongoing strike of the arts teachers who have been saying they also need a salary increment like their science counterparts. Public university lecturers argue that they need a salary increment because they have been patient long enough. This strike has come after the government gave teachers ...

The Uganda National Examination’s Board (UNEB) has reaffirmed that this year’s national exams are going to be based on the newly-introduced curriculum. The government in 2021 introduced a new post-covid curriculum to help learners cope under the automatic promotion arrangement. This became necessary the two year lag which came as a result of the pandemic. UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo ...

Several government-aided schools especially in the rural areas have closed due to the ongoing teacher’s strike. Teachers of arts under their umbrella Uganda National Teachers’ Union have decided to put down their tools. The teachers say the government only increased salaries of science teachers and neglected them which is not fair. This has caused a standstill in government aided schools ...