The Ugandan government provides free primary education for all children, but parents whose children are enrolled in pre-primary school must pay often prohibitively high fees.The pre-primary years are a critical time for children’s development, and children who miss out on pre-primary education may never catch up to their peers. The lack of government-funded pre-primary also […]
KAMPALA – Hilton Foundation, an international grants organization has partnered with Opportunity Bank Uganda andFINCA to support over 10,000 refugees in Nakivale, Kyerandongo and West Nile refugee camps. Speaking at the launch of the Early Childhood Development in the Refugee in Kampala April 24th, 2023, Mr Amos Bonna, the Chief Relations Officer, Opportunity Bank said the […]
By Stephen Wandera OumaHigher institutions of learning have been advised to innovate alternative funding for higher education programs in Uganda. The call comes at a time when the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board on 6th July, 2023 announced that it will not be accepting any new applications for the study loan due to budgetary shortfalls.According […]
Our reporterLIRA – The staff of Lira University Teaching Hospital have initiated an industrial action against the University over alleged salary disparities.The industrial action which started on Monday 4, has seen only essential departments operating with minimal staffing levels at the Teaching Hospital which serves both the university and the wider community.The protesting staff members […]
By Stephen Wandera OumaRiver Flow International–Science Teachers’ Initiative (RIFI-STI), promoting the use of scientific knowledge, is seeking UShs50 billion to support its services extension to cover the entire African continent.It is a Ugandan non-government organisation operating in several schools in over twenty districts. Comprising of experienced networking science teachers, its primary objective is to improve […]
School of over 300 pupils without classroom Our reporter PALISA – Over 300 pupils off Butoli Primary School, Palisa district are studying under trees with only primary six and seven who are privileged to study in an unroofed church. In post by Robert Kyagulayi aka Bobi Wine’ X handle, the school has only five teachers, […]
By Our reporterThe Uganda National Examinations Board ( UNEB) has today released the 2023 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results, indicating a rise in performance in candidates scoring Division 1. There was a drop in failures, which means that 329,939 (95.9%) of learners who presented themselves for the examination can progress to the Post – UCE level.The results […]