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Govt tables Bill to address teacher discipline, absenteeism

Views: 3 The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo, speaking during plenary sitting on Tuesday, 06 August 2024 Government has presented the National Teachers’ Bill, 2024 which seeks to establish the National Teacher’s Council that will be charged with regulation of the teaching profession, registration, licensing and disciplinary procedures for teachers. The […]

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‘Address teacher training, salary disparities’

Views: 5 Hon. Ssewungu Government has been tasked to address the absence of teaching courses in public universities which legislators say is affecting the training of teachers. According to Hon. Joseph Ssewungu (NUP, Kalungu West County), teacher training colleges were closed, requiring primary school teachers to acquire a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. “I raised this

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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to build 20 new classrooms for smart city initiative

Views: 10 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has pledged to enhance educational infrastructure in Kampala during the 2024/2025 financial year, with plans to construct over 20 new classrooms as part of the Smart City agenda. In a recent press conference at City Hall, Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka highlighted KCCA’s dedication to improving the education sector,

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Bangladesh continues curfew amid mass arrests of protesters, Death toll amid student protests rises to 204 with over 5,500 arrests.

Views: 6 TRT WORLD Bangladesh announced that a curfew will continue Friday and Saturday with a nine-hour pause amid an intensified crackdown against those involved in violence during student protests. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan made an announcement at a news conference early Friday after meeting with law enforcement that the curfew, which came into effect

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Government wants schools to establish mental health clubs

Views: 4 Civil Society Organizations specialising in Mental Health have welcomed the idea of mental health clubs in schools especially at a time when the effects of Covid19 are still prevalent in communities. The Ministry of health has asked schools to establish mental health clubs to curb the increasing cases of drug abuse among school going children.

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Mufti Closes One-Day Education Stakeholders Orientation Workshop in Ntugamu

Views: 7 Sheikh Abdul Karim Abdallah Katamba, the Regional Assistant to the Mufti for the Ankole-Kigezi Region, closed a one-day education workshop for Muslim education stakeholders held at the Ntugamu Muslim district headquarters. He represented His Eminence Dr. Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda. Present at the workshop were members of the National

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Former UNEB Secretary Bukenya passes away

Views: 6 The former Secretary of Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Mathew Bukenya is dead. He died on Sunday night and his death was confirmed by UNEB Spokesperson Jennifer Kalule on Monday, July 22. Bukenya, who retired from UNEB on March 31, 2016, was initially called out of retirement in 1997 to lead the organisation,

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University of Karachi’s Professor Zakaria Sajid passes away

Views: 5 NATION   KARACHI  –   The founder and former chairman of the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Karachi (KU) Professor (retired) Zakaria Sajid passed away on Thursday morning. Professor Zakaria Sajid was 96 years old. His funeral prayer will be offered after the Zuhr prayer at Masjid Ibrahim of the

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NEW YORK: Margaret Kenyatta’s Crusade for Maternal and Child Health – PICS

Views: 6 Former First Lady of the Republic of Kenya, Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta delivered an inspiring account of her journey to becoming a transformative leader at the Global First Ladies Academy Programme in New York, USA. The VIP dinner event, organized by the Global First Ladies Alliance in collaboration with Columbia Mailman School of

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