Education
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Coops represented at United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy
MONTREAL, October 23, 2023 – The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy [UNTFSSE] held its 4th Technical Symposium days ago in Montreal, Canada. As one of the founding…
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UNBS moves to enforce food standards in schools
MBALE, October 11, 2023 – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] has directed schools in Eastern Uganda to purchase foodstuffs from only certified suppliers. The UNBS made the call while training…
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Masindi teachers told to form SACCOs at school level
MASINDI, October 6, 2023 – Sam Peter Ayebale, the Principal Education Officer of Masindi Municipality has challenged teachers in the whole of Masindi district to form Savings and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] at the…
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Gov’t to give Shs 9bln to Walimu SACCOs Union
KAMPALA, October 6, 2023 – President Yoweri Museveni yesterday announced government would provide a balance of Shs 9 billion to teachers’ SACCOs subscribing to Walimu SACCOs Union. Museveni made the announcement in…
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Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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Minister urges headteachers to plant trees in schools
SOROTI, September 12, 2023 – The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysestom Muyingo, has asked school headteachers in the country to embrace the Greening Project which encourages the planting of…
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East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Network Forum underway in Bujumbura
Bujumbura, September 8, 2023 – The 12th Annual East African Higher Education Quality Assurance Forum [EAQAN] is currently underway in Bujumbura, Burundi under the theme: “Nurturing Emerging Trends in Higher Education through quality Assurance”.…
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Lack of land delays establishment of Bunyoro University
HOIMA – The taskforce committee which was appointed by the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni to spearhead the establishment of the proposed Bunyoro University says they are struggling to…
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IUCEA begins Phase II construction of multi-million-dollar headquarters
KAMPALA – The Inter-University Council for East Africa [ IUCEA ] held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the second phase of its Headquarters in Kampala. The project worth over US$…
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Teachers advised to shun multiple loans
MBALE – Teachers in Mbale district and Uganda at large have been urged to invest part of their earnings in productive activities other than continuously acquiring multiple loans from various financial institutions.…
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