Members of Parliament have demanded the Ministry of Education and Sports promotes equitable distribution of student scholarships. According to MPs, many scholarships are awarded to students from particular parts of the country, which they attribute to decisions taken by the Central Scholarship Committee under the Ministry.The legislators demanded that the minister for Education should work…
Victoria University has offered 30 fully-funded scholarships to the Next Media staff and viewers. This was revealed shortly after the University Kampala Vice-Chancellor Assoc Prof Krishna N. Sharma visited the Kamwokya based media center. We’ve learnt that five of these scholarships will be given to the viewers whereas 25 are for the employees of Next…
Stephen Tumutegyereize, a former Makerere University lecturer who was dismissed with disgrace is seeking to overturn the decision citing unfair termination of his contract. Tumutegyereize is among 45 Makerere university employees who were sacked in December 2018 by the University Appointments Board. The decision to dismiss Tumutegyereize was reached in the 587th University Appointments Board…
Victoria University, a private owned institution has issued guidelines on how its students and the general public should safeguard themselves from getting the world’s deadly coronavirus. The guidelines were in a notice from the university’s faculty of health sciences, where students have been alerted to wash their hands regularly with an alcoholic-based hand rub or…
Gayaza High School has issued a statement on fire that gutted two dormitories; Kennedy and Corby at Gayaza High School. The school headteacher in a statement said that the fire that broke out at Corby House one of the dormitories at about 7:40PM but “it has been contained by police and the situation is under…
Buganda Kingdom is to petition the minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni over the newly rolled out lower secondary curriculum. Charles Peter Mayiga, the kingdom’s prime minister expressed concern over four subjects in agriculture, languages, information and computer technology (ICT) and history. Mayiga said a country that has more than 70 per cent of…
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, says that he not ready to relent on his mission to restore discipline at the country’s prime university. He said on Friday that a section of staff and students have been underestimating his administration but vowed to punish university staff who engage in activities that are likely to…
Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has ordered over 1,433 candidates to repeat senior six after they failed to obtain any principle pass in the 2019 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examination (UACE), according to the results released on Thursday February 27 2019. While releasing the exam results at the Office of the President in Kampala, the…
The Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs Janet Kataha Museveni, and Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) are set to release the results for the 2019 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) tomorrow. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Education, Mr Patrick Muinda, confirmed the developing and added that UNEB has already briefed the First Lady…
Victoria University, one of the model institutions of higher learning in Uganda, has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with 16 Chartered Universities in Gujarat State, India, in a bid to undertake student exchange programs. The MoU was signed on Monday February 17, 2019 and according to officials at Victoria University Kampala, this undertaking will see…
