First Lady and Education Minister Janet Kataaha Kainembabazi Museveni has directed the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) to set a special Mathematics Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) paper for the 23 P7 candidates of St. Christine Primary School who missed the exam over transport challenges. The PLE set of national exams, comprising four examination papers, was…
Ministry of Education and Sports has released the 2023 School Year Calendar for Basic & Secondary schools, TVET & Health training Institutions at a Press Briefing held on Wednesday Afternoon by the Minister of Education Janet Museveni. According to Ministry of Education, the 2023 academic calendar for Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, Technical/Farm Schools, and Community Polytechnics,…
There is fear and anxiety as some of the education institutions across the country propose early closure of this term over rising food prices. We’ve found out that many schools; both private and government-aided, are facing food shortages. The cost of food items such as maize flour, soap, matooke, Irish potatoes, cooking oil, sugar, beans,…
Teachers under Uganda National Teachers’ Union-UNATU have agreed to call off the teachers’ strike. The decision was taken on Monday evening after a meeting between UNATU leaders and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds. During the meeting, UNATU presented their case but the President told the teachers that the government has already provided…
The Minister of Education Janet Museveni has invited Uganda National Teacher’s Union-UNATU officials for dialogue. UNATU declared a nationwide strike at all levels starting Wednesday in their quest for equality and harmonization of salary enhancement among teachers of different subjects, support staff, and school administrators. Unlike previous incidents where the government has been threatening to…
The Uganda Poor Youth Movement (UPYM) has petitioned the Minister of Education and Sports (MoES) Hon. Janet K. Museveni, Hon Evelyn Anite the State minister for investment and Hon. Judith Nabakooba the Minister for lands, housing and urban development to intervene in the land row between Kololo SS and Ruparelia Group (the investor), who is…
The results of the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) will be out on Friday, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) together with the Ministry of Education and Sports has announced. The Education Spokesperson Patrick Muinda said the Uganda National Examinations Board will brief the education minister on the students’ performance on Wednesday. “Its true, UNEB…
The Ministry of Education and Sports has drawn strategies to ensure effective implementation of specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the phased reopening of the educational institutions. The reopening will mainly focus on finalists and candidate classes. The academic year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, as a precautionary measure to control the…
The ministry of Education and Sports has issued 27 new Standard Operating Procedures ( SOPs) required for the reopening of schools and institutions of higher learning in Uganda which were closed in March due to the outbreak of Covid-19. These SOP’s were launched on Tuesday July 28, 2020 at Kabale district Rukiiko in Kabale municipality…
The Minister of Education and Sports Ms. Janet Kataha Museveni has dismissed circulating misconceptions in Media that the Ministry prohibited E-learning. The Minister made remarks on Friday evening, where she said it’s absolutely NOT true. “We can’t ban what we are Promoting because our Government Universities have been utilizing E-learning even before the Outbreak of…
