Education

General Secretary Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), Filbert Baguma has said increasing school fees should not be an option. The fact that everything has increased starting from fuel, it can’t leave the school fees the same. According to him, parents should understand but also schools should be realistic as they increase tuition. “You can’t say don’t increase fees yet everything ...

The National Curriculum Development Center-NCDC has plans of collaborating with teachers’ associations to train more teachers on the revised Lower Secondary Curriculum in schools. Through the Ministry of Education, the government rolled out the new lower secondary education curriculum in February 2020. This intentionally happened to meet learners’ needs, especially regarding skills training and enhancement. Among the Associations to collaborate ...

At 62 years of age, an ordinary grandma would have completely forgotten about school to focus on ageing gracefully and spending time with her grandchildren. And perhaps preparing for the afterlife. However, for Maureen Ngoma, that has become the start of a new dream. She wants to get an education and she has started it by enrolling into primary school. ...

Dr. Joyce Moriko Kaducu, the state Minister for Primary Education has tasked technocrats in the Ministry of Education to prepare and present their responses on a number of grievances raised by the Muslim community. Sheikh Juma Bakhit Cucu, the, Uganda Muslim Supreme Council(UMSC) education secretary aired out problems affecting Muslim teachers in education. Cucu also noted that the UMSC has ...

Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister for Higher Education has said government will never again close down schools due to pandemics. He said this because of the effect covid had on schools. Due to covid, schools shut down for a period of two years until recently in January when they reopened. He said this while in South Africa as ...