According to the report, the futures of 250 children in low and middle income countries have been cut short due to environmental degradation, climate change and unhealthy commercial advertising that has led to an increase in childhood obesity
Read more ...The study titled- 'Disability Rights in Uganda-A Community Perspective' was carried out by the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda-NUDIPU in collaboration with TRAC FM -an NGO that organizes public debates on policy and governance. The study aimed at finding out what people think of PWDs through radio talk shows.
Read more ...Samuel Majwega Musoke, the Chairperson of Uganda Publishers Association and Executive Director MK Publishers Limited, says publishing two copies of a text book for every subject is an expensive affair.
Read more ...Onesmus Oyesigye, the Executive Secretary of UBTEB says that the influence of culture and social norms influence what courses that women opt for when it comes to any sort of tertiary education.
Read more ...Mrs Museveni said this during a meeting with secondary school’s headteachers, principals of Business Technical and Education Training institutes and heads of Primary Teacher Colleges. The meeting was held at the closure of the national school selection and placement exercise held at the Uganda Manufacturers Association conference hall today. The exercise began on Thursday, February 13, 2020.
Read more ...According to the education ministry, many private schools that are some of the best performers at UCE and UACE do not take part in the selection exercise. This they say leave many students out of joining these schools
Read more ...WFP supports 1.2 million refugees in Uganda with food and monetary aid. But the available food in its stores can only last until May, 2020 while the money they give to refugees is expected to be depleted at the end of February, 2020. Up to USD 16 million Shillings is needed to save the situation.
Read more ...The money, according to NCDC is needed to help with the procurement of instructional materials like text books that are expected to play a vital role to enable the smooth implementation of the curriculum in its first year. The money will also be used to carry out further training of teachers
Read more ...Only Shillings 10.3 billion out of the required Shillings 40 billion for the curriculum implementation has been released by the Finance Ministry. The roll out of the curriculum consists of two stages. Phase one is supposed to be implemented by the National Curriculum Development Center and the other by the Education and Sports Ministry.
Read more ...According to officials from the education ministry, the teachers who missed out from the training were from schools that do not have Uganda National Examination Board center numbers
Read more ...According to a situational report released on Tuesday by the health ministry, the 220 who include Chinese Nationals and Ugandans arrived in the country between Sunday and Tuesday morning.
Read more ...According to Janet Museveni, once libraries are created, learners will be able to access reading material, which will help improve their ability to read and write.
Read more ...According to the results that were released on Friday, a total of 5,251 candidates that sat for examinations in two programs; Uganda Community Polytechnics Certificate-UCPC and Advanced Craft Programs- ACP, 4,102 representing 84 percent completed their studies and passed during the November/December 2019 examination cycle.
Read more ...On Thursday George Karemera and Eric Sabiti lawyers from the Attorney General and Electoral Commission respectively argued that the constitutional court ruling was unlawful because the MPs were not given the chance to defend themselves in court.
Read more ...This year’s survey will for the first time show the prevalence of AIDS in the country. It will show how effective HIV campaigns have been in suppressing the viral load among persons living with HIV.
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