Education

After so long, today universities and institutions have finally opened for schooling to resume. The President directed campuses to open up on 1st November after students have gotten vaccinated. The question is, have all the students gotten access to vaccines by now? What is going to be the fate of those who have not yet received the jab? Some universities ...

The South Korean government together with a United Nations agency, UNESCO have donated online learning  equipment to eight TVET institutions. The equipment will help facilitate these institutions in the activation of online teaching. The learning equipment donated include computers, projectors, and whiteboards. They will go towards Bobi Community Polytechnic, Kaberamaido Technical College and Bukalasa Agricultural College. Other institutions to benefit ...

Minister for higher education, Dr. John Chrisostom Muyingo says they are not going to allow any school that is not ready to follow guidelines to open. This comes after the president announced that Universities and tertiary institutions will open in November. He said this while inspecting Busitema University’s school of health science to assess their compliance to the guidance. “Definitely ...

The Ministry of Education has asked all proprietors of private schools to register afresh. This has come after the ministry withdrew all certificates from private schools. Assistant Commissioner in charge of private schools and institutions, George Mutekanga said that this exercise will help government. Apparently, they need to weed out schools that are no longer functioning. “We are trying to ...

The ministry of health has written a letter to all district commissioners directing them to prioritize the vaccination of all students above the age of 18 years. Apparently, teachers have been on the front line of vaccination but students should join in too and this should be done by the end of September. “Going forward, all students above the age ...