Victoria University has announced full scholarships for five disadvantaged Ugandans who will join this year’s academic intake that begins on March 1. The five scholarships were awarded by the Ruparelia Foundation to the neediest people whose livelihood depends on such opportunities. These five beneficiaries will further their education to better their lives. According to the…
The management of Kampala Parents’ School (KPS) has come out to refute and clarify on claims of allegedly extorting parents through online classes. This is after a story circulated online where a section of parents had complained about the cost of online classes. However, Kampala Parents’ School Principal, Daphne Kato clarified that contrary to the…
The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB wants the forthcoming cycle of examinations to be carried out under a new law which was passed by Parliament on Thursday. The new Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB Bill which seeks to repeal the 1983 Act creates reforms relating to the administration and management of primary and secondary national examinations. The…
Forty five Ugandan start-ups will each get a budget boost of over sh140million to enable them refine and complete their innovations. The 45 were picked by the selectors – The National ICT Initiatives Support Program (NIISP) – as having the best chance of hitting the Ugandan, African and global market. The 45 innovators shall receive…
Kampala Parents School, one of the leading private primary schools in the country, has set dates on which it will conduct interviews for pupils who want to join the school in the first term of the 2021 academic year. The move is to help Parents and pupils interested in joining Kampala Parents’ School in the…
Victoria University, one of the many education investments made by the Ruparelia Group, has announced that aspiring students can now get fully funded scholarships to study courses of their choice at the Jinja Road-based institution. Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Dr Krishna N. Sharma said students applying will, however, be mandated to pay a small application fee. The university…
By Our Reporter Mbarara: Hundreds of students in candidate classes at Ntare School, in Mbarara District, are stranded after the school’s support staff staged a sit-down strike over salary arrears for several months on top of working under poor conditions. The support staff who include cooks, cleaners, guards and others complain that they have gone…
Head teachers of different schools are concerned about plans by the government to open schools for other classes. Government is planning to reopen for more classes before the candidates sit for their final exams early next year. In October, the government reopened schools but only for candidate classes, after more than six months of inactivity.…
While schools haven’t been full reopened by the government following their closure due to spread of coronavirus, schools and parents are preparing for the next academic year which normally starts late January. Parents and school administrators are optimistic that the government will reopen the learning centre. Schools, with strict adherence to health guidelines and SOPs,…
Upon assuming his responsibilities as the chairperson of the new 14-member governing council at Victoria University on Wednesday, Joram Kahenano, has said the priority now is to help Victoria University attained the prestigious and important Charter Status. “We have already made an application (for a charter to the National Council for Higher Education); the Council…
