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Education
20 girls qualify for TotalEnergies scholarships
BULIISA – 20 girls from vulnerable families from the oil-rich districts of Buliisa and Nwoya have a reason to smile after they qualified for TotalEnergies EP Uganda scholarships. The beneficiaries qualified following…
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Education
ARUA: Delayed teachers’ pay blamed for poor PLE results
ARUA-Delayed disbursement of teachers’ salaries is responsible for the poor performance of candidates in Arua district in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations [PLE] that saw the district obtain only 12 first grades.…
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Education
Apac school gest Shs 30mln solar power system
APAC– Apac Seed Secondary School in Apac district has received a 2-kilowatt solar power system, two years after it was opened to admit students. The solar power system worth Shs 30 million…
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Financial
Hoima district budget up by Shs 1.5bln
HOIMA-Hoima district local government leaders and officials are relieved after receiving budget support of about Shs1.5 billion from the central government. Hoima district council recently approved the money in a supplementary budget for…
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Education
Construction of classroom blocks begins in four Kumi schools
KUMI-Authorities in Kumi district have launched the construction of classroom blocks in four government-aided primary schools that are overwhelmed by a high number of pupils. The primary schools to benefit include Oseera,…
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News
Archbishop Kaziimba questions gov’t over closure of PTCs
LIRA-The Archbishop of Church of Uganda, the Most. Rev. Dr. Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu is not happy that government closed some of the Primary Teachers` Colleges [ PTCs ] in the country, urging…
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Africa
Meet Labaran, the new ICA-Africa Youth President
ABUJA-Abubakar Sadiq Labaran became the second Presidnet of International Cooperative Alliance-Africa [ICA-Africa] Youth Network. Labaran was elected president in a recent by-election that took place during the Members’ Forum in Cairo, Egypt.…
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East Africa
AfDB clears over US$ 20mln for agro-pastoral project in Burundi
BUJUMBURA– The African Development Bank [AfDB] Group days ago greenlighted the award of a US$ 23.26 million grant to Burundi to implement the Agro-Pastoral Entrepreneurship and Professional Development Project for the Youth…
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East Africa
‘Non-professional teachers’ can receive loans, says Umwalimu SACCO
KIGALI-According to Kigali Today Press, Rwanda’s Umwalimu SACCO management, has had to cancel its earlier decision to suspend issuing of loans to teachers who do not hold postgraduate certificates in education [PGCE].…
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News
Kwania school gets equipment for visually impaired pupils
KWANIA – Ikwera Primary School, a government-aided school in Kwania district, has received equipment to facilitate the learning of pupils who are visually impaired. The items include two desktop computers, an HP…
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