UNEB Executive Secretary Dan Odongo notes that it has been a perennial challenge for many schools. For instance, Odongo says, both English and Mathematics performance was poor in questions where candidates were required to apply knowledge in problem-solving situations or express themselves freely.
Read more ...Data obtained from Uganda National Examinations Board shows that Amudat district registered the lowest number of first grades in the country, with only two, out of 301 candidates scoring aggregates in the first grade. Last year, only one candidate passed in Division One in the whole district.
Read more ...Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu tasked the Judiciary officials to explain whether they are comfortable with the speed at which disputes before court are handled.
Read more ...With the introduction of the SMS services which enable candidates get their results instantly on their mobile phones, schools seem reluctant to pick them from UNEB
Read more ...According to the budget estimates, Judiciary’s budget has been maintained at Shillings 181.61 billion. Bigirimana told MPs that the allocation is minimal for the institution and has left key activities for the coming financial year not funded. He appealed for an additional allocation of 26.5 billion shillings to purchase cars for judicial officials.
Read more ...One of the roads that have been queried includes the four-lane highway Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, which was cost up to USD 9.3 million per kilometre. The 51-kilometer road, whose total cost is calculated at 1.7 trillion Shillings, has been highlighted as the costliest road project among low to middle-income countries.
Read more ...The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) officials were silent on the cause of the drop. The possible explanation could be that more parents are choosing to take their pupils to private schools where it is assumed that they will pass well than in UPE schools.
Read more ...Although the offices were previously closing at 7 p.m., Our reporter found the officers operating way beyond 10 p.m. One of the lower-level staff who preferred anonymity says that at night, officers keep busy looking into their documents. “The municipality is hot these days,” the staff said.
Read more ...UNEB Chairperson Prof. Mary Okwakol says that the cases of examination malpractice in school were supported by headteachers. “In some schools, scouts were even bribed to allow teachers to give candidates assistance," Okwakol said.
Read more ...Bunyole West MP, James Waluswaka and Katikamu North MP, Eng. Abraham Byandala want UNRA to start tolling the road after the 2021 elections.
Read more ...The Ssezibwa Regional Police Spokesperson Hellen Butoto says that the suspects were found in possession of the deceased’s belongings which include fishing gears such as nets hidden in their houses.
Read more ...Janet Museveni blamed the mishaps of the project on disagreements about the location where the seed secondary schools should be constructed.
Read more ...The Chairman LC3 Dufile Sub-County Maurice Vuzzi Nyidanyi identified the deceased as 17-year-old Wilson Lowuga. It is alleged that the deceased entered the park a week ago to poach.
Read more ...Milly Nabwami, a Landlord in Kamwokya Kifumbira zone 2 has welcomed the new rates but says it is still high and hard to meet. Nabwami owns four rooms that she rents out at Shillings 80,000 each. She says that the property valuation exercise, KCCA asked her to pay Shillings 60,000 for each house hence Shillings 240,000 a year for her four rooms, which she says sounds reasonable.
Read more ...Today the party organized the meeting at their new home in Mengo to discuss among others the party roadmap ahead of the 2021 elections.
Read more ...In an interview with URN, Tamale says he was the first journalist to arrive in Kyadondo East to cover the planned meeting. He says as he approached Kasangati police station about half a kilometer to the planned venue of the meeting at about 7:30am, he found car spikes placed in the middle of the road to help the police scrutinize those heading to Gayaza.
Read more ...Beatrice Anwar, the state minister for environment said the Africa Climate Week is a unique event that brings together both government and non-party stakeholders to address climate issues under one umbrella in order to become part of the momentum created by the global climate agreement in Paris.
Read more ...The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni says that her Ministry faces a risk of not implementing activities worth Shillings 1.68 trillion in the coming financial year 2020/2021 in the face of the declining budget allocation and failure to secure more funding.
Read more ...The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni says that there is a need for a well-funded national project to sustain the provision of free sanitary pads to students across the country.
Read more ...But Anguilla says that police have heightened efforts to hunt for the assailants, who are believed to be on the run towards DR Congo.
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