Browsing by Author "Ahimbisibwe, Patience"

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    1,400 unlicened schools defy govt, reopen.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-03) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    At least 1,422 private schools have defied government and reopened for third term after they were closed last term over failing to meet their basic minimum required standards. Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda, the Directorate of Education Standards (DES) director;
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    1800 teachers transferred
    (Daily monitor, 2018-05-23) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    About 1800 secondary teachers have been transferred to enhance efficiency according to ministry of education and sports officials.
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    300 private schools blocked from opening, says federation
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-06) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    About 300 private primary and secondary schools did not open yesterday for first term after they failed to meet the minimum standards as required by the Ministry of Education, according to the Federation of Non-state Education Institutions (Fenei), an umbrella organisation for all private schools in Uganda
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    49 charged over UCE exam leak
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-07) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has said about 49 people were arrested, charged and some released on bail over their alleged involvement in examination malpractice.
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    50,000 teachers miss salaries for two months.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-18) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The teachers have missed June and July salaries, They have warned government not to expect any service delivery.
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    6 arrested over O-Level exam leak.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-27) Ahimbisibwe, Patience; Ngwomoya, Amos
    Six people have been taken into custody and a head teacher is on the run after a massive leak of the ongoing O-Level examinations triggered a police crackdown on masterminds. "I can confirm to you that arrests have been made and investigations are going on",
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    60% Ugandans can't get quality healthcare-report.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-13) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    A new study shows that six in every 10 Ugandans cannot access good services at health centres due to unavailability of medicine and neglect by medical staff. The findings from Sauti Za Wananchi survey, a new initiative by Twaweza,
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    80% of P1, P2 pupils fail Uneb reading test.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-12-16) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) latest report on literacy shows that only two of every 10 pupils in Primary One and Primary Two can answer correctly comprehension questions in local languages and English language.
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    Bishops set up centre to tally election results
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Bishops under their umbrella organisation Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) have set up a situation room that will, among others, monitor today's electoral processes, including tallying of results and promised to announce their verdict immediately after the Electoral Commission has declared the winner. Namirembe Diocesan Bishop Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira, who is also chairing the UJCC national election steering Committee, told journalists yesterday that they have dispatched 863 election observers across the country to provide their secretariat with information on how events will unfold in various parts of the constituencies.
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    Closed busoga varsity admitting students
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-07) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Despite being closed, the University is still operational, as the administration is still optimistic that the fate of the continuing students
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    Fees : private schools reject govt orders.
    (Sunday Monitor, 2017-11-26) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Private school owners have rejected a government directive not to increase fees next year, saying the decision was arrived at without consulting them as key stakeholders. Mr. Patrick Kaboyo, the general secretary of Federation of Non-State Education Institutions,
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    Government cancels one-year certificate courses
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-12) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The ministry of Education has given training institutions up to the end of this year to stop training their students in business, technical and vocational certificate courses for one year. The Minister of Education, Mrs Janet Museveni, yesterday said all students who enroll for certificate programmes will now be taking two years unlike the one-year most institutions had adopted.
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    Government moves to curb fees hike in schools.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-30) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The ministry of education and sports has set up a committee to study fees structures in both government and private schools.
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    Government to phase out 870 USE schools
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-08-20) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Government is phasing out private schools over failure to follow USE guidelines as some have inflated student numbers while others have failed to account for the funds.
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    Government to rehabilitate 52 collapsing UPE schools.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-05) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The government has earmarked shs10billion to rehabilitate at least 52 dilapidated university primary education(UPE) schools which are at the verge of collapse.
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    Govt bans homework for nursery children.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-09) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The government yesterday directed pre-primary schools to stop giving homework and tests to nursey school going children and also ordered schools not to use interviews to select those joining primary One (P.1). Mr. Aggrey Kibenge, The Education Ministry undersecretary,
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    Govt blocks contracts for retired teachers.
    (Saturday Monitor, 2017-09-23) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The government has said it will not allow teachers who have reached the retirement age to continue working so as to boost career growth in public offices. Mr. James Mugerwa, the assistant commissioner in charge of Business, Technical and Vocational Education training (BTVET) at the Ministry of Education and Sports,
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    Govt changes policy on sciences.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-22) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Thirteen years later, the government is proposing to drop two of the three compulsory science subjects taught at lower secondary level because students have consistently failed them in national examinations. In 2004, government introduced a science policy to have all students in O-Level
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    Govt closes two private varsities, warns another.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-05) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    The national Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has closed two private universities and issued a notice of intention to close another in six months unless the university reverses its current pathetic governance and financial status. In a December 1 gazatte,
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    Govt forms university admissions committee
    (Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) Ahimbisibwe, Patience
    Government has created a secretariat that will select students for admission to public universities, on government scholarship, as it handles the legal status of the Public Universities Joint Admissions Board (Pujab). The High Court in 2014 ruled that Pujab was an illegal entity after Mr John Manzi, a former student of Naalya SS, sued Makerere University for refusing to admit him to pursue a course in law because he had not applied for the course through Pujab.