Education

The ministry has said that if all goes according to plan, they will in the September schools reopening consider learners in primary one to primary three. Along with them, will be the senior one to senior three students The Ministry of Education revealed that the above mentioned students have had the least contact with teachers since the pandemic started. This ...

The Vice Chancellor of Cavendish University has cautioned public and private tertiary institutions to embrace technology to advance learning amidst covid pandemic. Speaking at the 10th graduation ceremony where former President of the United Republic of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Ebele Goodluck was installed as Cavendish University new chancellor, Prof John Mugisha said virtual education will enable students to ...

Legislators have tasked the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board to ensure equal distribution of technical institutes in Uganda. On Friday, members of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Sports carried out an oversight visit to UBTEB. The Committee chairperson, John Twesigye said unequal distribution of Technical Institutions in the country is a crucial issue. He, therefore, said it should ...

Workers Member of Parliament, Margret Namubiru Rwabasheija has asked Ministry of health to  vaccinate all non teaching school staff in schools as government plans schools re-opening. “Government should emphasize on vaccinating the teachers and students but the support staff are not mentioned anywhere. We feel non teaching school staff should also be vaccinated so that all education sector is safe,” ...

Kyambogo University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Eli Katunguka has advised parents to buy their children e-learning materials. This is because the University is embarking on this system since schools are still physically closed. However, the VC says this endeavor has been hard because most of their students don’t have the gadgets to facilitate e-learning. “We encourage parents, those who can afford, to ...