Education

Special Scholarships for Developing Countries at Danube Business School in Austria, 2018

Special Scholarships for Developing Countries at Danube Business School in Austria, 2018

The Danube Business School is offering scholarships for qualified applicants from emerging markets. Scholarships are available for citizens of lower income countries and countries with emerging markets. Danube University Krems is an Austrian university specialized in postgraduate education. If English is not your first language then you will need to show that your English language skills […]

Undergraduate Scholarship Awards for International Students at International University in Geneva, 2018

Undergraduate Scholarship Awards for International Students at International University in Geneva, 2018

The International University in Geneva is inviting applications from students interested in pursuing Bachelors degree program for 2018 September intake. These scholarships awards are available to international students. The International University in Geneva is an accredited academic institution offering undergraduate and graduate programs in Business Administration, International Relations, Media and Communication and Computer Science Management. […]

MBA International Students Scholarships at Rollins College in USA, 2018

MBA International Students Scholarships at Rollins College in USA, 2018

The Rollins College is inviting applications for MBA International Student Scholarships. Early Advantage MBA applicants who are citizens of countries outside the United States may apply for these scholarships. Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college, founded in 1885 and located in Winter Park, Florida along the shores of Lake Virginia. CLICK HERE […]

Parliament passes 2018/19 financial year budget

Parliament passes 2018/19 financial year budget

Parliament has finally passed the budget for the financial year 2018/19 worth 32.5 Trillion shillings. The passed budget includes the recurrent Expenditure of 9.4 trillion shillings, Development Expenditure of 13 trillion shilling s and statutory expenditure of 10 trillion shillings. Parliament also passed the Appropriation Bill, 2018, authorizing the public expenditure from the consolidated fund worth […]

MPs question student admissions at Soroti Flying School

MPs question student admissions at Soroti Flying School

Members of Parliament on the Government Assurances and Implementation Committee have queried the irregularities in the admission of students to Soroti Flying School. During a meeting between the Committee and the Soroti District Local Government on 19 May 2018, the Mayor of Soroti, Paul Omer, said that there are challenges of recruitment at the School, with […]

Speaker Kadaga urges parents not marry off their daughters when young

Speaker Kadaga urges parents not marry off their daughters when young

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has warned parents in Kagadi against marrying off school-going children, saying government will not tolerate such impunity. Kadaga was presiding over a fundraising function at Mugarike Parish Catholic Church in Kagadi, were she showed her frustration over a report that the majority of girls in the area are dropping out of school […]

Parliament halts salary increment for science teachers

Parliament halts salary increment for science teachers

Parliament has approved a recommendation by the parliamentary education committee to halt the salary increment of science teacher stating that its discriminatory against arts teachers. The parliamentary committee on education and sports chaired by Connie Nakayenze Galiwanango recommended that the salary increment of the Science teachers in the financial year 2018/19 be put on halt. […]

Parliament scraps pre-entry exams for Law Development Centre

Parliament scraps pre-entry exams for Law Development Centre

Parliament has approved the scrapping of the pre-entry examinations for the students joining the Law Development Centre. The decision was taken following a report from the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs based on ministerial policy statements that were submitted by different sectors to the committee including Law Development Center. The committee report noted that […]

African youth leaders call for increase of sex education in schools

African youth leaders call for increase of sex education in schools

African youths have asked governments to take serious action on the increasing teenage pregnancies and  HIV/AIDs infection rates among young people. This was during the ongoing 4th Commonwealth Youth Parliament taking place in Kampala, Uganda where the young leaders blamed the increasing teenage pregnancies and HIV/AIDs infection rates among young people on poverty, lack of government […]

HESFB seeks more 8billion to finance over 1,900 students

HESFB seeks more 8billion to finance over 1,900 students

The Higher Education Students Financing Board is seeking for eight billion shillings to finance over 1,900 students in both university and tertiary institutions. The Executive Director of the board, Michael Wanyama, while appearing before the education committee to defend their budget noted that in the next financial year they planned on admitting 3,000 students to […]

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