Education

Stakeholders sound alarm as over 1 million children drop out before completing primary school Daily Monitor

Tororo schools turn tree shades into classrooms Daily Monitor

Bunyangabu, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | More than 78 residents of Bunyangabu District secured employment and practical construction skills through a Movit Foundation education infrastructure project that has culminated in the handover of a five-classroom block at Kadindimo Primary School. Officials said the project demonstrated an approach to corporate social investment that combines … The post Movit Foundation bui

Movit Foundation builds five-classroom block for Kadindimo Primary School PML Daily

Bukedi schools adjust as govt holiday teaching ban takes effect Daily Monitor

Retired Seventh-day Adventist Archbishop Christian Sam Aliddeki has urged parents to take a more active role in raising boys, warning that neglect is exposing children to crime and dropping out of school.

A year after giving Kampala a reason to slow down, sing along and reconnect with the music that shaped a generation, the Old School Picnic returns to the Sheraton Kampala Hotel Gardens this Sunday for its first anniversary. The celebration comes at a time when nostalgia has become one of the strongest forces in Kampala’s […] The post Old School Picnic set to mark anniversary with Myko Ouma and Lillian Mbabazi first a

This piece is grounded in a statement that Dr. Gerald Zihembire Ahabwe posted on one of the Makerere PhD Graduate Alumni WhatsApp groups. Gerald texted that a lot more information keeps coming to him, albeit too late. He wrote: “Like now, you guys, why didn’t you tell me that my PhD thesis can be just […] The post Dr. Ayub Mukisa: Ugandan PhDs: Too Much Knowledge, Too Little Opportunity appeared first on Watchdog Uga

Panyadoli turn schoolyard dream into E. African crown Daily Monitor

64 juniors target Genesis crown at Olive School Daily Monitor

Drought leaves Lira school pupils hungry as feeding programme falters Daily Monitor

Mupasula Asanasio still lives with the unbearable weight of an open question. As the chairperson of the Association of Parents of the Affected Students, he represents families whose lives were shattered on the night of June 16 2023, when suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants stormed Mpondwe–Lhubiriha Secondary School in Kasese District. The attackers left […] The post How one border town refuses to let a

Old School Picnic Returns to Sheraton Gardens as Kampala Keeps Falling for Nostalgia PML Daily

Gayaza Junior School has launched a Shs 704 million fundraising campaign for a new school bus, saying its expansion into two campuses about 40 kilometres apart has made reliance on hired transport increasingly costly and inconvenient. The school has already raised Shs350 million, leaving Shs354 million to meet the target. Head teacher Sarah Tebuguwa Kizito […] The post Gayaza Junior turns to alumni, parents in Shs 70

Newly sworn-in village chairpersons in Mityana District have pledged to protect residents’ rights, fight corruption and land grabbing, and promote education in their communities.

Teacher shortage hits Ugandan schools Daily Monitor

Teachers in Alebtong District have been urged to move beyond traditional content delivery and focus more on developing learners’ practical skills and competencies in Uganda’s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). British Council…

Uganda Sets New Licensing, Curriculum Rules for International Schools ChimpReports

KAMPALA — Uganda’s transition to clean energy will remain incomplete unless renewable technologies become affordable, accessible and genuinely useful to smallholder farmers, researchers, government officials and private-sector actors have warned. The call was made at the Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) Uganda National Policy Conference held at Makerere University, where researchers […] The post

KAMPALA — Uganda’s transition to clean energy will remain incomplete unless renewable technologies become affordable, accessible and genuinely useful to smallholder farmers, researchers, government officials and private-sector actors have warned. The call was made at the Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) Uganda National Policy Conference held at Makerere University, where researchers […] The post

Mubende District says it is ready to host the National Primary Schools Ball Games and Special Needs Education Championship, bringing together young athletes from across Uganda.