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DIT asks for Shs 5.2bn to end oil skills gap
Dr Joseph Muvawala The Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) has asked for Shs 5.2bn in its budget to deal with a major skills gap in the budding oil and gas sector. In a presentation to a Skills...
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IUIU to start Islamic Banking programme
When Bank of Uganda finally starts providing licenses to Islamic banks, there is going to be a lot of human resource needed to take up employment opportunities. According to the rector of the Islamic...
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Kinju primary’s latrines caving in
Whereas the school has seven latrine stances (four for girls and three for boys), all are filthy, almost full and dented, making them unusable by the 991 pupils of the school. According to Wilfred...
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Mak Law student launches the Orahi security, business app
Conventional wisdom indicates that law students are averse to technology. Most would have abandoned all hope of excelling in the sciences in their secondary school days. However, CHRISTOPHER TUSIIME...
View ArticleCatholic Church blacklists SchoolNet programmes
Kasana-Luweero diocese Bishop Paul Ssemogerere has asked all schools across his area of jurisdiction to reject a computer-based comprehensive sexuality education curriculum. Speaking during Kasana...
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Govt clarifies on fate of teachers' Shs 25bn
When President Museveni pledged to support teachers' Saccos with Shs 25bn to help them improve their welfare, little did he know that the funds would be mired in controversy. The coveted funds were to...
View ArticleWhen did innovation desert our teachers?
In the 1950s, most societal innovations were to be found among teachers. These teachers had the cleanest homes, the most modern structures. If they were not teachers themselves, their wives ran some of...
View ArticleEditorial: Tension as second school term gets underway
Later this week, many parents will be in a panic as they prepare to send their children back to school for the second term. And there are many reasons for the panic. For one, there is a cluster of...
View ArticleAnansi’s children travel throughout Africa!
The three children are on the island of Zanzibar in the third century CE. They visit the thriving Indian Ocean port. They see the fisherpeople in their boats. They see the Asian and Arab traders on the...
View ArticleCourt computers frustrate students in Makerere guild case
On Wednesday May 25, more than 100 Makerere students gathered at the High court Kampala chambers to hear a judgment, but any expectations of a resolution were dashed. Squeezed out in the Twed Towers...
View Article881 graduate from Makerere Business Training Centre
Makerere Business Training Centre (MBTC) last week held a graduation ceremony for 881 of its former students, who obtained certificates and diplomas in entrepreneurship-based courses. The principal,...
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School heads cautioned against fraudsters
Badru Lubega Wagwa, chairman Education Service Commission The Education Service Commission (ESC) has warned school heads about a ring of conmen who solicit money from schools, in exchange for jobs....
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Makerere closes Fort Portal campus
Prof John Ddumba-Ssentamu Makerere University will soon close its Fort Portal campus later this August, six years after it started due to financial constraints. The campus has an enrolment of about 180...
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CNOOC rewards Hoima’s best students of 2015
In their continuing effort to lift academic performance in Hoima, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc) last week rewarded 90 of the best performers in 2015 national exams for their efforts....
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YMCA's dream to become university gathering pace
YMCA principal Dr Herbert Mukasa at a graduation ceremony in March Dr HERBERT MUKASA is the principal of YMCA Comprehensive Institute, a degree-awarding institution. Mukasa recently graduated with a...
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34 priests awarded degrees as St Mbaaga marks 40 years
Located far from the hustle and bustle of Kampala, St Mbaaga Major Seminary in Ggaba was last week filled with the sound of celebration. Some 34 seminarians and priests received diplomas and degrees in...
View ArticleKyambogo University staff call for a substantive VC
Kyambogo staff have asked the University Council to expedite plans to appoint a substantive vice chancellor to ease operations there. Speaking on behalf of the Kyambogo University Senior Administrative...
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Victoria University students in diplomatic training
Last week, the French Foreign ministry conducted classes in specialised diplomatic communication for Victoria University students of the International Relations and Diplomatic Studies programme. The...
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Kayoola EV bus shines at UN assembly in Nairobi
The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) has commended the Kiira Motors Corporation Ltd, the makers of the solar-powered bus, for championing the 21st century green mobility technologies in...
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In 5 years, KIU will be globally- recognised – Prof Kyamanywa
Prof Patrick Edrin Kyamanywa During his recent trip to Ishaka, Ali Twaha had occasion to interview the newly-appointed deputy vice chancellor in charge of the Kampala International University (KIU)...
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