Ministry of Education and Sports

Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud

Museveni fires six in Education ministry over fraud

President Yoweri Museveni has sacked six senior government officials in the Ministry of Education and Sports due to fraud. The directive also provides for the dismissal of the Contracts Committee of the ministry of Education due to “mishandling of the process for procuring furniture for selected primary schools in Uganda under the Ministry of Education […]

Parliament moves to better primary schools’ infrastructure

Parliament moves to better primary schools’ infrastructure

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has announced plans by Parliament to concentrate on infrastructural improvement at primary schools. At a fundraiser for Rwemiyenje Primary School in Rwampara County, Mbarara district, Kadaga said attention must be paid to structures in primary schools. “We have not quite addressed the infrastructural challenges at primary schools. We should bring a motion […]

MPs grill Ministry of Education Officials over 2.1billion funds for private Universities

MPs grill Ministry of Education Officials over 2.1billion funds for private Universities

MPs sitting on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Monday grilled the Ministry of Education and Sports officials to explain their expenditure of over 2.1billion shillings of public funds meant for private Universities. In his June 30th 2016 report to Parliament, Auditor General, John Muwanga, highlighted that the Ministry transferred 2.1billion shillings to […]

Old Kampala SS closed over student strike

Old Kampala SS closed over student strike

Old Kampala Senior Secondary School has been closed by Police over a student’s strike that turned violent. Students are protesting against the transfer of their headmistress, Ms Aziida Nsubuga Ntegane, by the Ministry of Education and Sports. Reports indicated that some students were injured in the process when police fired in the air to disperse […]

Muyingo advises students on scholarships to harness marketable skills abroad

Muyingo advises students on scholarships to harness marketable skills abroad

The Ministry of Education and Sports has asked students who are given education sponsorship abroad to utilize this opportunity and attain skills that will enable them get jobs as government struggles to add on more employment opportunities for the youth. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Higher education John Chrysostom Muyingo while […]

Promotions and new recruitments announced at Ministry of Education and Sports

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 […]