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Expelled UCU law students sue university
A tuition fee demonstration held last month at Mukono-based Uganda Christian University (UCU) left two students expelled. Three other students were issued warning letters and one suspended after a...
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Atuitui PS gets support for blown roof
When a strong wind blew off the roof of a classroom block in Atuitui PS located in Ongino sub-county, Kumi district in March, the head teacher was left desperate. Venance Akodu told The Observer in a...
View ArticleMUST launches leadership and community training
Last week, Mbarara University of Science and Technology launched its 2016 leadership and community placement programme with a one-week workshop. The training, in the university’s faculty of Science...
View ArticleSaudi donates to Namutumba school
Officials at Namutumba Parents primary school are stuck between feeling happiness and a feeling of sadness after the Saudi Arabian government offered $26,563 (Shs 89m) for construction of classroom...
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Soroti University start postponed to next year
Students hoping to join Soroti University this year will have to wait another year. According to Rose Achimo, secretary to the Soroti University Taskforce, the institution’s facilities are not yet...
View ArticleAnansi chews with Bumpy
With the amazing pineapple, the three children cross the Sahara on camels. Then with Isabella’s blanket, the children are back in the boys’ bedroom in Kyamulinga. They lie on the floor, exhausted....
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KCCA to compensate Makerere College School property
Jennifer Musisi meeting the Makerere College school parents The executive director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Jennifer Musisi, has agreed to compensate Makerere College School for the...
View ArticleKCCA schools boosted with Shs 500m for sanitation
MTN Uganda will support Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) in developing the city’s schools bio-toilet facilities. This as MTN presented KCCA executive director Jennifer Musisi with a Shs 500m...
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Turkey’s first lady calls for empowerment of women
Turkey’s visiting first lady Emine Erdogan last week challenged women to seek opportunities that will set them on equal footing with the men. She said the situation calls for a curriculum framework...
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Looking for government’s hand in kindergartens
Late last year, Education Minister Jessica Alupo pledged that the ministry had resolved to have a classroom reserved for pre-primary schooling at every state primary school in the country. After years...
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Ndejje lecturer authors rare book on community empowerment
Title: Framing Reality: Approaches and Practices to Community Development Author: Dr Saidah M Najjuma PhDAvailable: All leading bookshopsPublisher: Fountain Publishers Price: Shs 50,000 Book...
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Kyambogo University Vice Chancellor set to be named this month
Prof Eli Katunguka, the acting Kyambogo university vice chancellor Kyambogo University will have a substantive vice chancellor by the end of this month. That is according to acting vice chancellor...
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Public varsities win big in education budget as the old problems persist
Later this week, parliament will sit to consider the national budget. This comes a month after the house passed the estimates for various sectors. MOSES TALEMWA and PRISCA BAIKE have been studying the...
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Uwezo calls for investment in early childhood education
For years, the affluent parents have invested in expensive kindergarten education. The less affluent never realised its importance until last week, when the Uwezo report highlighted its benefits in...
View ArticleAnansi tricks Bumpy
Big dog Bumpy and little dog Anansi sit and chew cow hide. Anansi is happy. Bumpy is not. Bumpy bit of hide is too tough. Bumpy looks about and spies the little strange pineapple in Dingo Pingo’s...
View ArticleDrugs in schools: who is watching those supposed to watch?
For a long time, parents have lived in the hope that boarding schools are better than day schools, when it comes to raising teenagers. These parents held the view that in a boarding school someone...
View ArticleMuslim teachers move to build resource centre for eastern Africa
The members of Uganda Muslim Teachers Association (UMTA) have resolved to build a state-of-the-art teachers’ resource centre to help improve their capacity as teachers and school managers. According to...
View ArticleKIU sees off 900 at 14th graduation
As if he had known about the impending cabinet appointment, the designate minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, last week graced Kampala International University’s...
View ArticleManzi inspired by father and Chinese culture
James Manzi, a second-year student of economics and statistics at Makerere University, is still excited about his feat. He will be traveling to China in August, after winning a competition set by...
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Bekunda using his story to fight underage drinking
In 2014, BILL KAHIRIMBANYI BEKUNDA, 41, started a campaign on social media against underage drinking. As a former addict, Bekunda is using his Facebook page Stop Underage Drinking Uganda (SUDU), as a...
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