Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
Williams Suuna, the headteacher of Old Kampala Senior Secondary School spent Tuesday night in police custody following his arrest for alleged involvement in examination malpractice. According to information from police sources, Suuna was apprehended alongside Luyima Gilbert, a teacher at Bank Hill College, Zana, and Zuria Kunia Kareem, the Headteacher of Nakaseke Seed School. […]
Students at Kabale University have expressed their dissatisfaction with the sudden increase in surcharges imposed by the university administration. Until recently, students who delayed payment of tuition retake fees, and other university dues were subject to a surcharge of sh30,000. However, the administration issued a statement last week, announcing an increase in the surcharge to […]
The local leaders in Mukono district are worried by the increasing cases of defilement and teenage pregnancies which are so rampant, especially in Nakifuma County. The leaders are blaming bodaboda riders and teachers for taking a centre stage of the defilement cases in the district. Nathan Kigongo, the headteacher of St. Andrew’s Seed Senior Secondary […]
Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) is opposing the proposed introduction of a biometric staff attendance management system at the university. This comes after the University Secretary, Yusuf Kiranda, informed all staff members and the University Council about the government’s decision to implement the Integrated Human Capital Management System (HCM) to automate Human Resource Management […]
The Police in Naggalama Division have arrested a businessman in connection with the suspected poisoning that resulted in to the death of two school children at Green Primary School at Makukuba cell in Nakifuma-Naggalama Town Council in Mukono district. Without divulging details for fear of jeopardising the investigations, the Police said the suspect is currently […]
Buganda Road court has remanded six people including headteachers to Luzira prison over alleged examination malpractice. Among those remanded are; Daniel Oleja, Michael Ijalla, and Nasser Sekandi – all teachers from Wakiso-based schools. They were jointly charged with Tadeo Lukyamuzi, Henry Mirembe, and Emmanuel Oketch, who are headteachers from different primary schools in Kasanda and […]
As the dates for the writing of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) draw closer, several primary schools in Madi-Okollo district have adopted to a team teaching approach to address the low syllabus coverage. Team teaching, also known as co-teaching or “tag team teaching,” involves two or more teachers conducting a lesson simultaneously, taking turns teaching the […]
Kamuli Girls Primary School has temporarily been closed after the Friday night fire that gutted the Primary Seven dormitory, resulting in the loss of all the pupils’ belongings. The dormitory housed more than 100 pupils, all of whom escaped unharmed. The learners attribute their safe escape to the presence of multiple exit points and spaces […]
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 […]
