Education & Students

Sacked Staff should Petition University Tribunal not Parliament- Prof Nawangwe

Sacked Staff should Petition University Tribunal not Parliament- Prof Nawangwe

Makerere University vice chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has challenged the sacked staff to follow the right University protocol in following up with their case. This comes a day after Parliament through the office of the Speaker on Wednesday received the petition from a section of staff requesting the house to set up a committee to […]

Makerere calls in applications from Diploma Holders for Degree government sponsorship

Makerere calls in applications from Diploma Holders for Degree government sponsorship

The Makerere University Academic Registrar, Alfred Masikye Namoah has invited interested Diploma holders to send in their  applications for a government sponsored degree. The admissions will be conducted under the Government Sponsorship Scheme and not to exceed 5% of the intake capacity to the University Degree Programmes for the academic year 2019/2020. Applicants should submit their applications […]

Makerere MasterCard Scholarship program is back

Makerere MasterCard Scholarship program is back

MasterCard Foundation has decided to give another chance to the less advantaged students of Uganda.  The program will resume its operations in February 2019 with over 400 beneficiaries of free education at Makerere University.  Mastercard had suspended its work with the ivory tower a year ago following a series of sexual harassment scandals that were […]

Parliament select committee blames sexual violence rates on cultural practices

Parliament select committee blames sexual violence rates on cultural practices

Members of Parliament on the Select Committee investigating allegations of sexual violence in schools and institutions of learning have blamed blamed the rampant sexual harassment on the existent bad cultural practices. The conclusion was made during one of their tours in Bundibugyo and Ntoroko districts. The committee was shocked to find that most girls are […]

Uganda should make Universities free just like Liberia -UPC

Uganda should make Universities free just like Liberia -UPC

The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has advised the Uganda government to borrow a leaf from Liberia and make University education free to all Ugandan students. In a press conference held at Uganda house on Wednesday, Michael Osinde, the UPC spokesperson showed concern on the number of students admitted to higher education compared to the number of […]

Uhuru Kenyatta makes surprise visit to pupils during primary leaving examinations

The president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Wednesday surprised  President primary candidates at Uhuru Gardens Primary School in Nairobi when he visited them hours prior to Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam. The President was escorted by the Kenya Education Cabinet secretary, Amina Mohamed and Kenya National Examinations Council(KNEC) Chairman, Professor George Magoha. Addressing candidates […]

Government to introduce ethics subject to curb moral degeneration

Government to introduce ethics subject to curb moral degeneration

The Ugandan Government has embarked on an initiative to curb the moral decay among her citizens through ethical studies. According to the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), an ethics subject will be taught on a national level and an individual value assessment tool shall be developed. NCDC also adds that two certificate; academic and moral […]

Former state security official named as New Peking University leader

Former head of the national spy agency’s Beijing branch, is named to lead one of China’s top universities, underscoring a drive to tighten Communist Party power over academia and other sectors not under its direct control. Peking University said in a statement that new party secretary Qiu Shuiping hopes the school can “seize the opportunities in […]

Makerere University to issue transcripts to students before graduation

Makerere University to issue transcripts to students before graduation

Makerere University has initiated a new routine to issue out transcripts to gruaduads  before the graduation ceremony. This, according to the University, will take into effect this 69th graduation ceremony. The management has therefore commenced the printing of the transcripts for the students who will graduate in January 2019. In an interview with Daily Monitor, […]

Hunt for Sharon murderers extended to Uganda

Hunt for Sharon murderers extended to Uganda

Investigators on the second year Rongo University student, Sharon Otieno murder have moved to Uganda and Tanzania to hunt down more three suspects. Police reports that the suspects directly participated in the brutal mutilation of the seven months pregnant mother. “It is true we have extended the search to Uganda and Tanzania,” Mr George Kinoti, […]