education

UCE results out; Wakiso leads

UCE results out; Wakiso leads

The released UCE results indicate that almost 60% of the candidates were unable to demonstrate the minimum competency required to be graded with the performance in math and sciences registering poor performance. Releasing the results today, UNEB executive secretary, Mathew Bukenya states that boys performed better that girls over all with girls excelling in humanities and […]

Kagonyera welcomes Suruma with warning on inadequate government funding

Kagonyera welcomes Suruma with warning on inadequate government funding

The out going chancellor for Makerere university, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera welcomes the new chancellor Prof. Ezra Suruma with a warning on the inadequate funding towards the university from government which has crippled service delivery at the institute. Kagonyera while giving his remarks at the installation ceremony yesterday at Makerere said, govenment should not rely on tuition […]

Gender minister advises parents to speak to their children about AIDS

Gender minister advises parents to speak to their children about AIDS

The gender, labour and social development minister, Muruli Mukasa is advising parents to always take off time and speak to their children about the deadly HIV/AIDS disease if the country is to scale down on new infections among the adolescents. Speaking at the opening of the stakeholders meeting, the minister reveals that adolescents are these days […]

Educationalists ask government to investigate and stop school related gender based violence

Educationalists ask government to investigate and stop school related gender based violence

Educationalists highlight the need to investigate and stop school related gender based violence which has retention levels in school across the country. The chairman Board of director Mild May Training Institute, Dr. Samuel Luboga, says the violence is perpetrated by both teachers and pupils mainly through corporal punishments and bullying. Luboga says there is need for […]

Speaker commissions school construction project in Kamuli

Speaker commissions school construction project in Kamuli

In Kamuli District, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, has commissioned a school construction project  worth Shs 2 billion with a call for support and responsibility towards education so as to achieve Sustainable Development Goals. Commissioning the project with a ground breaking at Bwiiza, Kisaikye, Kakanu and Kadungu primary schools in Namasagali sub-county […]

Masters Scholarships in Experience design in Italy University

Domus Academy in partnership with Park Hyatt offers ‘My 5 Star Experience Competition’ for scholarships to pursue Master in Service & Experience Design. The competition is open to professionals and graduates in business and design-related disciplines, humanity studies, social sciences, and communication. The candidates will identify new service packages tailored to the desires of specific user targets […]

How to improve the lives of persons with spina bifida and hydrocephalus?

  In order to reduce cases of children with spina bifida and with hydrocephalus, the following interventions are recommended:   1. More sensitization is necessary to improve accessibility and inclusion of persons with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in society at national and local level. The celebration of world spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day is one […]

Commercialization of education blamed for poor performance

The high failure rate recorded in 2012 UCE exams has been blamed on commercialization of education. Democratic Party secretary general Matthias says that most schools no longer put emphasis on academics but rather on money. He says that due to commercialization even people who should be in charge of supervising these schools have resorted to opening […]

UNEB releases Primary leaving Examination PLE results

The Uganda National Examinations Board together with the ministry of education have today released the results from the 2012 Primary Living Examinations indicating a 2.2% increase in performance rate at 88.2% in 2012, up from 86.4% in 2011. According to the UNEB Executive Secretary Matthew Bukenya the male candidates outperformed their female counterparts. He also said […]