Tag Archives: Ministry of Education and Sports

Education authorities in Bugiri District have resolved to close at least 50 private schools over their alleged failure to process and acquire the Education Management Information System (EMIS) number. The Ministry of Education and Sports instructed private and government-aided schools to acquire EMIS numbers. This is aimed at capturing details of both teaching and non-teaching staff, tracking teachers’ transfers and ...

KAMPALA – The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has said they plan to release the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education results on Friday 10th, 2023. An official in the UNEB has was quoted saying that the 2022 Senior Four results will be released by the Minister of Education and Sports Hon Janet Kataha Museveni. Like the case on PLE, the ...

Experts have warned that private schools will find it quite difficult to abide by government directives concerning school fees. Apparently, the directive barring them from hiking fees won’t be followed if the statutory instrument is not in place. A lawyer, Michael Aboneka recently said that circulars and warnings will simply not cut it since they are not a law. Aboneka ...

The government has been approached by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) to appeal the school fees increment. The commission hopes to avoid exploitation of parents by schools that hiked their school fees in this current economic crisis. A board member of the EOC, Mr Habibu Sseruwagi yesterday addressed journalists in Kampala. He said the commission finds that 35% of parents ...

Radio Presenter, Kasuku, has said parents should stop contending with the government over it’s decision for students to get holidays earlier. Kasuku said even before government came out to say anything about this, schools were already planning to close earlier than they should. This is mainly because of the economic situation at hand. The Ministry Of Health communicated that due ...