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Education

Zombo Women demand for Adult Literacy Skills

ZOMBO. Across section women in Monkwerocoo Village, Warr Sub County, Zombo district in West Nile Region of Uganda are demanding for an adult learning facility to scale down the illiteracy rate among rural women in the area.
Abele PS girls line up to access toilets

KOBOKO. Abele primary school (PS) girls in Koboko South Division, Koboko Municipality are grappling with in adequate number of toilet facilities.
Accelerated lower secondary education curriculum launched in Adjumani

ADJUMANI. War child Canada has launched the accelerated lower secondary education curriculum in Adjumani district.
Alwi, Wadelai to get new Secondary Schools

PAKWACH. The government is set to construct two Secondary Schools in the next financial year for Alwi and Wadelai Sub counties.
Angal senior secondary school suspends fifty students over strike

NEBBI. Fifty students of Angal secondary school have been suspended following a strike last weekend that saw school properties, worth millions of shillings destroyed.
Arise Aliga Foundation empowers Ezuku PS pupils

ARUA. In a bid to support education in government aided schools in Arua district, Arise Aliga Foundation, a West Nile based philanthropic non-profit making organization has donated scholastic materials to primary seven (P7) pupils of Ezuku primary school (PS) in Vurra sub-county.
Arua council closes unlicensed schools

ARUA. There was drama and boos at several nursery and primary schools in Arua municipality as the council and the education ministry standards’ directorate issued out closure notices to operators of unlicensed schools in front of teary children.
Arua education department transfers ‘untouchable’ head teachers

ARUA. Arua education department has issued a stern warning to head teachers and teachers who plan to resist their latest transfers that they would be penalised accordingly.
Arua public secondary launches activities to celebrate golden jubilee

ARUA. Arua public secondary school on Wednesady officially launched a drive that will culminate into the celebrations of its Golden Jubilee on the 16th June 2018.
Best performing teachers awarded

ADJUMANI. Two headteachers and two classroom teachers of Adjumani have been rewarded for their outstanding work this academic year by Adjumani district local.................
Bishop Andaku Challenges School heads to improve declining education standards

ARUA.The Bishop of Madi and west Nile diocese Rt Rev Charles Collins Andaku has challenged the heads of institutions under the church of Uganda in the diocese to put in hard work and faithfulness to improve the fast declining standards of education in the region.
Biyaya SS crowned Adjumani’s 2020 Copa Coca-Cola tournament winners

ADJUMANI. The Copa Coca-Cola tournament for Adjumani district was on Friday concluded with the defending champions, Biyaya secondary school (SS) emerging the overall winners.
CAO attacks parents over girl-child school dropout

NEBBI. The Nebbi district deputy chief administration officer (ACAO) Ms Jesica Ongyertho has attributed the high dropout rate of the girl-child in primary schools to the poor attitude of male parents..
CAO threatens to jail irresponsible parents

ADJUMANI. The Adjumani deputy Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Mr Moses Dalil has threatened to direct police to arrest and imprison parents who have failed to provide for their children in the district.
Cheshire earmarks sh1.6bn for training women with disabilities

ADJUMANI. Cheshire Services Uganda, a nongovernmental organization has earmarked 1.6 billion Ugandan shillings for training women with disabilities.
Church kick-starts drive to impart life skills in students

ARUA. Ma’di and West Nile diocese mothers and fathers union departments have started a campaign to reach out to students in secondary schools with messages aimed at improving.....
Church of Uganda in a campaign to regain academic glory of church founded schools

ARUA. Following decades of underperformance of pupils in primary and students in secondary schools in Uganda, the province of the church of Uganda has embarked on a.......
Clergy advised to advocate for child protection

YUMBE. Chairperson for Uganda Parliamentary forum for children, Mr Bernard Atiku has urged the clergy to use the pulpits to also advocate against child abuses in the communities.
Construction of multi-billion shillings projects launched in Moyo, Adjumani districts

MOYO/ADJUMANI. About shs5.8billionworth of projects have been launched in in Moyo and Adjumani districts with a call on district authorities against diverting the money for what it's not intended for.
Contractor directed on stalled shs1.9bn school project

MARACHA. The leaders of Maracha district have given two weeks ultimatum to the contractor building shs1.9bn Kololo public seed secondary school in Tara sub-county to fully resume work, lest they take action.
Contractor to be recalled over shoddy work

YUMBE. Khalisa Developments (U) Limited, a construction company that undertook a project at Barakala primary school in Yumbe district is to be recalled over shoddy work.
Coronavirus forces Arua private teachers to form union

ARUA. The outbreak and spread of Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has forced teachers teaching in various private schools in Arua City to form a union.
Councillors, ministry disagree over establishment of seed school

MARACHA. Maracha district councillors have disagreed with the Ministry of education and sports over the choice of a seed secondary school to be established in the district.
Creative University Graduates seek Shs30milllion to test invented prepaid water meter

ARUA. University graduates in software engineering under a software development company called ‘Volt Engineering Uganda Ltd are looking for Shs 30million in order to complete an invention of Digital prepaid meter for paying water bills.
DEO wants elusive teachers to quit

ZOMBO. As teachers struggle to supplement their remuneration which they claim is too meagre to make ends meet, the Zombo district education officer (DEO) Mr Nicholas...........
DP fronts music star JM Kennedy for Arua municipality parliamentary race

ARUA. The Democratic Party (DP) has fronted Mr Kennedy Madira a.k.a JM Kennedy, a popular West Nile musician to run for the by election in Arua municipality.
Drito promises to improve education as he seeks to bounce back in upper Madi

MADI-OKOLLO. Former Madi-Okollo county Member of Parliament, Mr Martin Drito has promised to improve education in Upper Madi-Okollo constituency by providing meals for candidate pupils and lobbying for a vocational training institute for skills development for the youth.
East Alipi PS reopens amidst concerns of poor sanitary facilities

YUMBE. East Alipi primary school (PS) in Romogi Sub County, Yumbe district which was on Tuesday closed over concerns of inadequate sanitary facilities has reopened.
Education, production gets lion share of 2020/2021 budget

PAKWACH. Pakwach district local government has passed the 2020/2021 financial year budget worth shs27billion with priority accorded to the education and production sectors.
Embrace MDD, West Nile schools urged

YUMBE. The 2019 regional Music, Dance and Drama (MDD) festival for primary schools in the West Nile region concluded with the call to support MDD activities in schools.
Engage children in early sex education to curb pregnancies - Nebbi RDC to parents

NEBBI. The Nebbi district resident district commissioner (RDC) Mr Christopher Omara has asked parents to give their children early sex education.
Erepi PTC introduces in-service training program

MOYO. Erepi primary teachers' college in Moyo district has partnered with Stromme foundation international.
Faminature to promote civic education in schools

ARUA. Famine Nature, a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Uganda has launched a one-year project aimed at nurturing students to become better future leaders through civic education.
Fire guts Kuru SS computer laboratory

YUMBE. Kuru secondary school (SS) in Yumbe district has lost items worth Sh35million to fire that gutted the school computer laboratory on Sunday.
First Lady to grace 2nd edition of West Nile education trust fund dinner

ARUA.Organizers of the second edition of the West Nile education trust fund dinner have said they expect the first lady Mrs Janet Museveni who is also the minister of Education and sports..
Head teacher resigns over disagreement with Parish Priest

ARUA. The headteacher of Green Hill nursery and primary school, a private Catholic founded-school in Katrini sub-county, Arua district Ms Molly Ceniru has resigned.
Head teachers fail to account for shs13m meant for printer

NEBBI.The Executives of Nebbi Primary Head Teachers’ Association have failed to account for over 13 million shillings they earlier collected from primary school Head Teachers for the purchase of an examination printer.
Head teachers risk being sacked over strikes

KOBOKO. Koboko district security committee has resolved to start sacking head teachers whose schools get involved in strikes and inter-school fights.
Head teachers to blame for poor performance in schools

ARUA. Councillors in Arua district council have attributed the declining academic performance in primary and secondary schools in the district to failure by headteachers to play their roles.
Head teachers urged to deploy more teachers in lower classes

MARACHA. The program coordinator for early grade reading (EGR) and reading to learn (RTL) programs in Uganda, Mr Wilber Wanyama has challenged primary school head teachers to consider
Heavy storm devastates Maracha

MARACHA. The administrators of Atratraka primary school in Oluvu sub-county, Maracha district are counting losses following a heavy storm that ravaged the area destroying the school property
High Panyimur school dropout rate worries locals

PAKWACH. The fishing community in Panyimur sub-county, Pakwach district is concerned about the high school dropout rate and its negative impact in the area.
Inadequate number of refugee secondary schools worries leaders

YUMBE. Local leaders have raised concern over the inadequate number of secondary schools in Bidi bidi refugee camp in Yumbe district.
Italian agency injects sh836m to build model school for refugees

KOBOKO. The Italian Development Corporation Agency (ACAV) has harnessed expertise from the Aga-Khan Foundation to retrain 26 teachers and teaching assistants.
IUIU academic registrar lauds Islamic students on Ramadan competition

ARUA. The academic registrar of IUIU, Arua campus Mr Saidi Abdallah has lauded the ‘Youth debater’s forum’ of Arua for bringing together the Muslim students during the Holy month of Ramadan.
Joy as Koboko leaders pledge to improve on school toilet facilities

KOBOKO. There was excitement among pupils and teachers of various primary schools in Koboko municipality following a decision taken by the area leaders to address the challenge of inadequate toilet facilities in schools.
Koboko school drop-out cases blamed on lack of reproductive health education

KOBOKO. The various education stakeholders in Koboko district have blamed the increasing cases of school drop-out on lack of reproductive health education in schools.
Koboko School dropout rate worries officials

KOBOKO. Koboko district officials have expressed worry over an alarming rate of school age drop-out.
Koboko Town College SS wins inter school debate competition

KOBOKO. Koboko Town College secondary school has emerged winner of Koboko district inter schools debate competition.
L500 graduate in Literacy and Numeracy skills

YUMBE. At least 500 learners trained by Danish Refugee Council (DRC), have graduated in Functional Literacy and Numeracy (FLN).

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