Ugandas leading private Victoria University Kampala has announced it has finalized plans to resume physical classes for all learners as the university braces for full reopening after over four months of closure due to the covid-19 pandemic. In a memo dated October 29, 2021, released by the University Academic Registrar, Victoria University said that physical…
Victoria University Kampala, Uganda’s world-class transformational institution of higher learning has embarked on a free covid-19 vaccination exercise to staff, students and the general public as the date for reopening universities and other tertiary institutions edges closer. According to Victoria University, the free vaccination exercise is aimed at hitting the target of 4.9 million people,…
Makerere University has backtracked on a directive that only science students should report for physical classes next month. Last week, Vice-Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe said that in a bid to limit student numbers as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19, students studying humanities and non-practical science courses were to study online. According to…
Businessman Hamis Kiggundu has set his hands in a plethora of ventures, and the latest on the catalog is an online learning platform named, Hamz Campus. The Capital Times has learnt that the new learning platform running on the website, www.hamzcampus.com, comes to address challenges in the education sector that were occasioned by the COVID-19…
Science teachers say they are finding it hard not to blame UNATU for the interference with the salary increment process for the scientists in the teaching profession. Under their umbrella body, Uganda professional science teachers Union -UPSTU, they are convinced that the Uganda National Teachers Union -UNATU has been on the forefront of blocking them…
Nigerian businessman Sijibomi Ogundele, proprietor of Sibiji Motors LTD, has urged learners to always practice a high level of integrity if they want to succeed in whatever they do. Ogundele made the remarks on Monday while addressing learners at the Victoria University CEOs Platform, which was held at the University’s auditorium, under the theme ‘Bringing Real-Life…
With Uganda remaining as an island of school closures in the region, members of the diplomatic community in Uganda have been softly pushing the government to give special consideration to the reopening of international schools. However, their calls have been politely but firmly rejected by the minister of education and sports, Janet Kataha Museveni. During…
A recent investigative story run by the Daily Monitor publication has revealed how unnamed government officials wired about Shs 9 billion to two agricultural training institutions despite all schools being closed during the Covid-19 induced lockdown. This money, according to reports was meant for the “settlement of students’ feeding bills” and infrastructure development. According to Daily Monitor,…
In a bid to ease transportation of learners to and from school, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has donated a motorboat worth Shillings 115 million to Bwama Island Primary School in Kitumaba sub-county in Kabale District. The donation was handed over by the URA Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi the to the school headteacher, Robert Kakyoma…
Uganda’s leading private Victoria University has announced an entrepreneurial conference that will be boosted by Sijibomi Ogundele, Nigeria’s youngest billionaire, bravest entrepreneur and luxury real estate czar. The Capital Times have learnt that the conference, one of the biggest so far, will be held in the Victoria University main auditorium on Monday 11th October 2021…
