Following the increasing numbers of school-going children in the community of Lugazi Municipality, the bishop of Lugazi diocese, Christopher Kakooza has unveiled a well-constructed nursery and primary school which is to accommodate children at the beginning of first term, early next month. St. Micheal Nursery and Primary School which is located at Lugazi Cathedral in […]
Masaka City authorities have condemned 160 schools and ordered them not to resume operations for the new term, next month. According to a circular written by Stephen Kakeeto, the Masaka City Education Officer, the affected schools have been declared illegal and are not allowed to open for classes when the first term starts on February […]
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, has asked the University’s staff to reconsider their impending strike and allow the government the opportunity to address the ongoing issue of salary harmonization. On Thursday, staff members of Makerere University declared their intention to embark on a new industrial action commencing on January 15, 2024, citing the […]
Luweero Chief Administrative Officer has directed five head teachers to refund over sh24m allocated under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) program. It follows the failure of the affected headteachers to account for the funds disbursed under the third and fourth quarters of the 2022/23 financial year for purchasing scholastic materials, facilitating co-curricular activities, and administrative […]
December 31, 2023 will be a day to remember for the hundreds of children who turned up as the administrators of an 18-year-old Global Junior School Mukono unveiled a new campus at Kyaliwajjala, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso district. The children ranging between the ages of two-ten years experienced a lot of fun making with a […]
The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has developed the new Early Childhood Development (ECD) learning curriculum which will be ready for roll-out next year. Dr. Deborah Kyazze Magera, the NCDC manager for Early Childhood Care and Education said that the ECD learning curriculum is currently under its final review stages. During the two-day consultative stakeholders […]
The fraternity of the Little Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi is dismayed by the san news of the death of an educationist, Sr. Mary Thereza Kabananura (64). Sr. Kabananura is reported to have died from Nairobi in Kenya where she had been taken to seek medical attention. Preparations to have her body back and […]
The Chairperson of the Mbarara District Public Accounts Committee, Herbert Mutungi has warned of a likely loss of government funds extended to government aided primary schools. Mutungi said while the government has continued to provide funding to the schools, some of them don’t have land titles to prove ownership. He revealed that 84 primary schools […]
St. Elizabeth’s Institute of Health Professionals has today held its 4th graduation Ceremony which has been presided over by the the Minister for Works and Transport. The ceremony has seen 743 students graduate in different health disciplines including Certificates and Diplomas in Pharmacy, Medical laboratory technology and Clinical medicine. While addressing the graduands, Gen Katumba […]
The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala is currently presiding over the 4th graduation ceremony of St. Elizabeth’s Institute of Health Professionals. Located in Mukono at Ggulu ward in Mukono Central Division, Mukono Municipality near Kyaggwe County Ssaza headquarters, St. Elizabeth is graduating 743 graduands including some with diplomas and certificates. A […]