One would not hesitate to say that Uganda is becoming a field of violence. Kyambogo University students are also on strike against the proposed increase in fees payable by students in public universities and what they are terming as poor learning environment. The police have deployed to quell the situation as students had started burning […]
The government has assured Makerere University students and parents that there are no immediate plans to increase tuition fees at the university and or other public universities. The Minister of Education and Sports, Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire says students should be reassured that they will continue to pay the same amount of fees that they have […]
About five students have been left injured after Friday’s protests by students of Makerere University against the proposed increase in university tuition fees. Makerere University today woke up to rioting students at the main campus, which prompted the administration to call in the police who fired tear gas to disperse the rowdy students. One David […]
With effect from July 2011, Makerere University will run as a collegiate institution with eight colleges being established to replace the Faculties under which students used to be admitted. The College of Natural Sciences (CONAS), College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS), College of Computing and Information Sciences (COCIS), College of Engineering, Design, Art and […]
Caribbean schoolchildren are set to benefit from Commonwealth and Microsoft collaboration. Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth of Learning and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago have jointly agree to improve access to, and use of, Information and Communication Technologies
If tears could bring some one an education, Elizabeth Mbabazi would be in school now. Mbabazi 17, finished her senior four last year, but she has failed to get money to continue to A’ level. “She cries and cries everyday. I have told her I can’t raise any money to take her back to school. Now she has finished two […]
The Minister of Education and Sports, Namirembe Bitamazire has appealed for all stakeholders to improve learning of science subjects at all levels of education. Bitamazire says the doing and passing of science subjects by many students is critical for the development of the country as science spurs development. She was speaking Wednesday as […]
The Uganda National Examinations Board has released the 2010 Uganda Certificate of Education senior four examinations results showing more students managed to pass the exams although there was a decline in performance from 99.5% in 2009 compared to 93.5% in 2010. The results released by UNEB Executive Secretary Mathew Bukenya show that 243,305 students (80%) […]
The Education Service Commission has announced new appointments and promotion of 51 top officials at Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports. The Commission on Tuesday announced promotion of several officials, including the ministry’s undersecretary, directors, and commissioners, assistant commissioners, the inspector of schools and other senior personnel. The changes have seen Dr. Geoffrey Mbabazi, the […]
The Uganda National Examinations Board has released the 2010 Primary Leaving Examinations showing improved performance compared to 2009. UNEB Secretary, Mathew Bukenya says 512, 057 primary seven candidates sat for the 2010 Primary leaving examinations in 10,906 centers across the country. He says unlike in 2009, boys performed better than girls in the 2010 PLE examinations. […]