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O-level changes will not affect A-level combinations
Alfred Kyaka Alfred Kyaka, the assistant commissioner for Secondary Education, has told The Observer that the ministry will study the proposals from the presidential meeting on O-level curriculum. “We...
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Staff and students face difficulties as Mak reopens
After two months under key and lock, Makerere, Uganda’s oldest and largest university, opened last week to students and staff looking to close down the first semester. A strike by academic staff led to...
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Do not forget vocational education – Prof Lugujjo
Over the last week, the education sector has been taken up by proposals to change the current O-level curriculum. However, not everyone is focused on this area. Ndejje University vice chancellor, Prof...
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Why thematic curriculum is still a challenge to schools
When the thematic curriculum was launched in 2007, there was a belief that children starting their learning in the local language would appreciate English better, in their later years. However, as...
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O-level curriculum: what went wrong?
With about three weeks to the start of the first term, teachers in secondary schools will continue to implement the current O-level curriculum for an unspecified period of time. YUDAYA NANGONZI picks...
View ArticleAnansi listens to Uncle Junior’s story
The boys’ eyes are big and their mouths are open. Isabella has stopped petting Anansi. They are listening carefully to Uncle’s story. Only Anansi sleeps. Uncle Junior gazes out at the night sky. He...
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Ndejje excels in Kenya at inter-university games
Ndejje University excelled at the 10th East African University games, which took place at Kenyatta University in Kenya, recently. Ndejje took first position with 94 medals, followed by Kyambogo...
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Makerere students accuse Muasa boss of fueling strike
Makerere University students have pinned the academic staff association chairman, Dr Muhammad Kiggundu, of inciting students to cause a riot there on October 30, 2016. The accusation came to the fore...
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More funding coming for education sector - Museveni
Education minister Janet Museveni has pledged to work extra hard to find a way to catch up with the developed countries. “While the developed countries studied, we were fighting and doing nothing in...
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Here is how to obtain aggregate four at PLE
The last three weeks, parents, P7 candidates and their schools' heads have not been sleeping well. They were wondering what the PLE results release would bring. But for some, the sleep will continue to...
View ArticleEducation sector needs to be serious about unlicensed schools
Recently, Bridge International Academies issued a statement indicating that they would be opening for the first term this year. That is despite a court order shutting down its schools in Uganda last...
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Visitation committee calls for student head count at Makerere
Makerere University’s visitation committee has ordered for a student headcount to establish the actual number of learners at the institution. The committee, which is trying to get to the root of the...
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SOS children's homes pupils ace 2016 PLE
Ashley Miriam Namutebi was just two years old when she was taken to SOS Children’s Villages Entebbe early in 2004, where she has been raised in a loving home since. As she grew up, she developed a...
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Muslim teachers' association calls for aid
Issa Matovu has relinquished office as the executive secretary at the Uganda Muslim Teachers Association (UMTA) after serving for seven years. Handing over office to Abdallah Ntege Saabwe at Kibuli...
View ArticleGirls perform better than boys in Islamic PLE results
Girls have performed better than boys in the 2016 Islamic Primary Leaving Examinations results, released last week at Tag hotel in Old Kampala. According to Is-haaq Kazibwe, the secretary of the Uganda...
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Deputy speaker, parents agree to keep girls in school
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has tasked leaders in Omoro district to prepare by-laws that will penalize parents who remove their daughters from school and marry them off. His call came...
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Comparing PLE 2015, 2016 performance
Two weeks after the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) released the PLE results, several parents are still scouring the lists to find out how some schools performed and which ones excelled...
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Maths society picks best 15 for contest
The Uganda Mathematics Society (UMS) last week chose its 15 semi-finalists for the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), due in Brazil later this year in July. The team of 15 student finalists was...
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Busoga University faces closure - NCHE
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is considering revoking the provisional license issued to Busoga University, after the Iganga-based institution awarded suspicious degrees to over 1,000...
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NCHE disputes Busoga University's 1,000 degrees to Sudanese, Nigerian students
The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) has raised concern about degrees granted to students who did not meet the minimum entry criteria for various programmes. In a report to Busoga...
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