Kyambogo University is facing a staffing crisis that has forced its management to resort to part-time lecturers. It is considering a tuition increase to address budgetary shortfalls. Prof. Eli Katunguka, the Vice-Chancellor, notes that the university has 404 full-time teaching staff members out of an approved structure of about one thousand two hundred and eight lecturers. […]
Kyambogo University has pronounced the dismissal of its former acting deputy vice-chancellor, Dr Lawrence Eron, who is facing charges of aggravated defilement. Dr. Eron was in charge of finance and administration and at the same time the dean of the Faculty of Special Needs and Rehabilitation. Kyambogo University vice chancellor Prof. Eli Katunguka on Tuesday […]
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit in conjunction with the Police and Office of the Director of Public Prosecution have arraigned before court a school headteacher and seven Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) members. The suspects include; Herbert Musasizi, the headteacher of Kebisoni Integrated Primary School, the PTA chairperson, Paddy Twesigye and six other PTA members. […]
The Former Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) executive secretary Mathew Bukenya has died. Bukenya (90) died at around 1:30am on Monday morning from Rubaga Hospital where he has been receiving treatment, his daughter has said. Catherine Nansamba Mubiru said the burial arrangements for his father will be released at an appropriate time when her brother arrives […]
“We have been struggling with transport, looking for the best vehicle whenever we go for field work. We now have the best. We are also happy that a Ugandan company has produced the bus for us,” said Sister Jane Francis Namuddu, the Principal of St. Michael Lubaga Hospital Training School. St. Michael Lubaga Hospital Training […]
More than one hundred students pursuing masters and PhDs at Makerere University have been ordered to vacate their hall of residence; Dag Hammarskjold to ostensibly create room for renovations. In a letter dated July 15, 2024, written by Winifred Kabumbuli the dean of Students, and addressed to the students, the university announced that renovations would commence in two weeks. To facilitate this process, […]
Bp. Kakooza applauded the students for their unwavering commitment for studies and also the staff members who are teaching them for providing them with well-rounded education. The Bishop of Lugazi diocese, Christopher Kakooza has commended the administrators, teachers and students of St. Balikuddembe Senior Secondary School Kisoga for the outstanding performance exhibited from Senior Four […]
The Rotary Club of Sonde in Mukono Municipality on Monday came to the rescue of the pupils with disability at St. Charles Lwanga Primary School Bukeerere with goodies worth millions of money. Headed by the President, Dr. Charles Olalo who is the director of curative services in the Ministry of Health Rotarians donated a […]
It’s over four years after the Ministry of Education and Sports together with the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) rolled out the New Lower Secondary Schools’ Curriculum. The new curriculum aims at providing to the learners the 21st century skills which include; critical thinking, creativity, collaboration or teamwork, communication, information literacy, ICT and flexibility. With all […]
Government secondary school headteachers have justified the little money they charge from the parents saying it’s not school fees as the latter put it. The headteachers said that the money they charge is simply for feeding the learners while at school which the parents through the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) together with the School […]