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10 Frugal Ways To Keep Covid-19 Out Of Your School

Join Our Telegram Group In East Africa, most schools have already reopened after a long Covid-19 shutdown.  However, data presented by governments indicates a new spike of infection among citizens including students. These implies that not all schools are meeting the Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) set by their governments in attempts to mitigate the spread […]

Here’s Why Every Teacher Should Be Part Of A Sacco

Join Our Telegram Group In this post, we will try to explain why every teacher should at least be part of a SACCO. Sacco’s are Savings and Credit Cooperatives in full, and you can simply understand them as the kind of organizations that encourage savings and provide loans to their members, depending on; Their savings Their […]

Critical Records Damaged in Makerere University fire

Join Our Telegram Group Important records and lots of valuable items have been obliterated in the fire outbreak that was ignited on Makerere University’s main building, in Kampala Uganda. Police have already started investigating the cause of the fire outbreak that has shocked the students, staff, and alumni of the giant university. Police believe the […]

Teachers Stranded As School Announces Shutdown Towards Reopening

The sudden announcement of closure by Gems Cambridge International School Kampala, Uganda has shocked all its teachers and exerted pressure on parents to find alternative schools for their children. Kenya Teachers and parents with students in the Kenyan Campus are expected to face the same condition. The school administration announced last month that they will […]

Uganda Warns Schools Against Hiking Fees After Reopening

The Ugandan government has refrained all schools from hiking school fees when learning activities resume for candidates. After the national taskforce and the President agreed upon September 20 as the resumption date for finalists, the Ministry of Education has issued a number of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in addition to the ones earlier issued by […]

Uganda Gives Green Light To Reopen School for Candidates Class

The government has given way for schools to reopen for candidate classes, universities, and other tertiary institutions for all final year students starting September 20. The public was gripped by uncertainty on whether the government has cleared only finalists undertaking medical courses as suggested by the national Covid-19 taskforce last week or all candidates in […]

Private Schools Ready to Reopen, as Government Schools Demand Funding

Uganda National Teachers Association (Unatu) has complained of the inadequate capitation grant given to them by the government and has asked the government to meet the costs of the Standard operating procedures (SOPs). Uganda Government Clears Schools and Universities to Reopen on 20th September The government has cleared schools to reopen for candidate classes and […]

Primary School Child Uses Lockdown To Gain Tailoring Skills

Jimmy Mukiibi, aged 13 is a primary school pupil in Mbale town where he was found with his father at his workshop. This workshop was started by Jimmy’s grandfather, whose names he inherited in 1973. Unfortunately, he passed on 20 years ago, so he didn’t get to see his grandson. He left the project in […]

South Africa Gets New Online  High School Charging Ksh. 168,000 Per Subject

International EdTech company, Crimson Education, has launched a private online high school – the Crimson Global Academy (CGA) – in South Africa, with a tuition fee of only Ksh. 168,000 (R26,000) per subject. The CGA will offer international qualifications including the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and A-Levels, the group said. Students to […]

Ugandan Heads of Schools to Meet Ministry Over SOPs

It is approaching five months ever since the government of Uganda issued a temporary but indefinite closure on all institutions of learning in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. With time, however, different countries have given hope to school administrators, as they have promised to reopen schools soon, following a particular set of […]