Over 101 Primary Seven female candidates on Saturday cheated death as fire gutted their dormitory, leaving property worth millions of money destroyed . The mysterious fire outbreak is said to have occurred at Kamuli Girls Primary School, situated in Bukwenge Cell in Kamuli Municipality, Kamuli District. Michael Kasadha, the Busoga North Region Police spokesperson said […]
The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, has expressed her disapproval of the promotion and distribution of reusable sanitary pads to schoolgirls in the country. In her statement, she recognized the urgent necessity for girls to have access to menstrual hygiene products. However, she asserted that the idea of reusable […]
The Police in Nagalama Division in Mukono district are investigating a case of suspected food poisoning which led to the death of two pupils and 20 admitted at St. Francis Naggalama Hospital. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango has identified the deceased as; Andrew Kakumba (13), a Primary Seven candidate, a son to Jackson Kakumba […]
The Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams have officially kicked off today with the briefing of candidates. At pre-exams media briefing held at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Friday morning, Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) executive director Dan Odongo told reporters that over 360,000 students registered to sit UCE exams this year and […]
The Kabale District Health Officer (DHO), Dr. Gilbert Arinaitwe Mateeka, has revealed that over 1300 cases of teenage pregnancies are recorded in the district every year. He made this report during a stakeholder dialogue organized by the Local Sustainable Communities Organization (LOSCO) at White Horse Inn in Kabale. The purpose of the event was to […]
The Police in Aswa West and Gulu West has in custody Four students from Gulu West Division for attacking and beating to death a man they suspected to have had love affairs with a school girl. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson reports that the students attacked and beaten to death a one Rubangakene Samuel (29), […]
St. Balikuddembe Kisoga Old Students Association (BAKIOSA) got special memories and experiences at a reunion dinner. Held at Koki Hotel in Kampala City Centre, the re-union gathered former students of St. Balikuddembe Senior Secondary School Kisoga right from Fr. John of God Masaaba, the first student to be registered in the school, 25 years ago […]
Fr. Deogratious Kiibi, the parish priest of Mpigi Parish in Mpigi district has advised school administrators not to condone indisciplined candidates. Fr. Kiibi says that candidates are not in any way different from the rest of the students hence asking them to observe the discipline until their last day in school. He made the remarks […]
Seeta Junior School Mbalala Campus has donated property worth millions of money to Mapeera Bakateyamba’s Home located at Nalukolongo in Lubaga division, in Kampala Capital city Authority. Sr. Crispin Christine Namara, the school headteacher led the team of pupils together with their teachers to deliver their package of the donation on Saturday. After receiving the […]
The Bishop of Mukono Diocese, Enos Kitto Kagodo has asked the government to reconsider its decision of paying science teachers huge sums of money when their counterparts, the Arts teachers, are getting peanuts. “I take this opportunity to remind the government, the Minister for Education, Janet Kataha Museveni and the President himself, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni […]