Education
Pickering offers alternative hope for the less privileged learners
Life calls on all of us to repair the world and one can never know in what form the call will come. Late last year, MICHELLE PICKERING, an American expat in Uganda, heard it loud and clear. Pickering...
DIT to assess and certify govt skilling programmes
Dr Ruth Biyinzika Musoke has said all persons undertaking the presidential skilling programmes must undergo professional assessment and certification before they are churned out, the chairperson of th...
Erasmus scholarship awardees flagged off to Europe
A group of 13 young Ugandans who were selected for this year’s European Union (EU) funded Erasmus Plus scholarship have been flagged off to undertake graduate studies in different universities across ...
Prof Openjuru gets 5-year contract extension as Gulu varsity VC
Gulu University council has approved the extension of Prof George Openjuru Ladaah’s term of office as the university vice chancellor. Openjuru’s five-year contract extension was endorsed last Friday during the 53rd meeting of the university council. The new contract takes effect in January 2023 after the expiry of his first term…
Govt bans music concerts in schools
The ministry of Education and Sports has banned live music concerts in schools.