Ministry of Education stuck with home schooling books
Monday May 17 2021
Ms Victoria Nayiga, a primary teacher, with learners in Kagote Village, Fort Portal City, during the Covid-19 lockdown last year. The government study materials were meant to help learners catch up on lost time. Photo/Alex Ashaba
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The Ministry of Education in February printed 5.4 million copies of study materials for primary and lower secondary learners.
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The Ministry of Education and Sports is stuck with thousands of copies of the home schooling study materials for 2,000 schools, citing insecurity and bad roads in districts where the institutions are located.
Ms Jane Francis Nasamba, the project coordinator of Covid-19 emergency response, on Friday said the distribution teams could not access schools in Agago District because of the flooded bridge.
The ministry yesterday revised the reporting date for senior two students from the initial May 31st to next week on May 13th and break off on July 24th.
However, the Permanent Secretary, Alex Kakooza in a statement issued today confirms that learners in the 40 marking centres will not report back next week.
He says these students will report on June 8th after the marking of exams has ended.
Some of the marking centres include Seeta Schools, St Mary’s College Kisubi, Gayaza High school, Kings College Budo, St Mary’s College Namagunga and Uganda Martyrs Namugongo among others.
Meanwhile, in a different letter, Kakooza says that primary one to three pupils will report on 7th June, warning all schools that have illegally reopened for these learners that tough action will be taken against them.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday May 05 2021
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It is difficult to clearly understand what caused the suspension of top managers at Uganda Airline, but there has been conflict between management and the board, alleged corruption and influence peddling.
Uganda Airlines, during the 2019/20 financial year, according to the Auditor General, grossed Shs102b in losses, which had sharply risen from Shs15b that had been posted in the 2018/19 financial year.
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A storm has been brewing at Uganda Airlines – albeit silently. Last week, the lid was blown off.
For now, it is difficult to predict how things will end, but what we are sure of is, there is a problem.