Stories :: Category: Media :: Accepted date: September 2021
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MPs Decry Exploitation of Ugandans by Telecom Companies
24 Sep 2021, 13:00 Comments 282 Views Kampala, Uganda Media Parliament UpdatesMembers of Parliament have tasked Government to prevail on the high costs of services provided by telecom companies that is affecting communications countrywide.
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Teachers to Conduct Remedial Teaching, Assessment When Schools Reopen
23 Sep 2021, 18:17 Comments 409 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Health Breaking newsDr Dennis Mugimba, the Education Ministry Spokesperson says that they are redesigning the school calendar to enable the learners undergo remedial studies for three months.
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Deaf Schools Stuck With Self-Study Materials
22 Sep 2021, 16:52 Comments 189 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media UpdatesPius Oketcho, the headteacher of Mulago School for the deaf says the school received copies of home learning materials for the upper primary classes however, the school cannot give out these textbooks to the learners. He explains that there are no interpreters at home to help the deaf understand the content.
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Gov't Suspends Transfer of Teachers in Public Secondary Schools
20 Sep 2021, 18:49 Comments 545 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Breaking newsDr.Dennis Mugimba, the education ministry spokesperson says that the minister of Education and Sports Mrs Janet Museveni has instructed the authorities in the ministry responsible for the process to stop transfers with immediate effect and allow the education service commission to proceed with the verification exercise as soon as schools reopen.
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No Need To Benchmark, Just Go Vaccinate; Education Ministry To Ugandans
20 Sep 2021, 17:59 Comments 471 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Health Breaking newsSeveral educationists and some members of the public have been blaming and calling upon the government to emulate neighbouring countries that have been able to reopen schools for the learners even as the pandemic continues.
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Gov't Tasked on Exorbitant Fees Charged to Access Public Information
18 Sep 2021, 17:08 Comments 456 Views Kampala, Uganda Media UpdatesJournalists and organizations promoting access to information have asked Government to prevail over Public offices charging exorbitantly for access of information in Public interest.
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UNICEF in 18 Hours of Silence to Mark 18 Months of School Closures Top story
16 Sep 2021, 20:25 Comments 1120 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media UpdatesNew numbers from UNESCO, released this Thursday, show that schools are now fully open in 117 countries, with 539 million students back in class, ranging from pre-primary to secondary levels. Around 117 million students, representing 7.5 per cent of the total, are still affected by complete school closures in 18 countries.
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Headteachers Oppose Shifts at Primary Level as Proposed for Safe Reopening
16 Sep 2021, 14:36 Comments 685 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media UpdatesSeveral primary school head teachers in Kampala are opposed to the staggered way of reopening as proposed by the government for safe reopening that calls for having two learning shifts per day or having alternate days for the learners.
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Educationists Call for Teacher Retooling as Part of School Reopening Plan
13 Sep 2021, 13:47 Comments 818 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Breaking newsThe learners had been scheduled to return to school on June 7, 2021, a day before the government announced a second lockdown. Before this, hospitals had recorded an overwhelming number of patients, and hundreds of them had been reported from schools, sending the lower primary classes further into slumber.
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Museveni Demands School Re-opening Date By Next Week
9 Sep 2021, 16:40 Comments 1653 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Health Breaking newsThe directive follows a meeting that happened on Tuesday this week between president Museveni, ministries of education and of health and the Covid-19 national task force on the safe reopening of schools.
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Namanve, Kiruhura Innovation Centres To be Ready By 2023
8 Sep 2021, 10:32 Comments 670 Views Kampala, Uganda Science and technology Media Breaking newsThis project is aimed at enhancing the technology and skills of Ugandans to participate in strategic national infrastructure projects and manufacturing industries.
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Truck Tips Over in Kitgum Municipality, Injures One
6 Sep 2021, 18:47 Comments 266 Views Kitgum, Uganda Crime Media Northern UpdatesThe victim identified only as Yona is a casual labourer working for China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd, the Chinese firm undertaking the construction of Kitgum Central Market. He was rushed for emergency medical treatment in critical condition.
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Gov't Proposal of Learners Studying in Community Schools Not Practical-Parents
2 Sep 2021, 18:50 Comments 643 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Breaking newsDr Kedris Turyagyenda, the head of the Directorate of Education Standards at the ministry said that parents should consider taking their children to schools that are closer to homes.
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Parents Welcome Proposed Reopening of Schools
1 Sep 2021, 16:47 Comments 808 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Media Breaking newsUgandan learners have had more than 18 months of a distorted school calendar following closures that started in March 2020 and a staggered re-opening which was cut short in June 2021 after reports that COVID-19 cases had become rampant in schools. President Yoweri Museveni had earlier stated that schools would remain closed until children aged above 12 are vaccinated.
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