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Suspected kidnappers of 12-year-old Buikwe boy demand Shs20m ransom Tuesday May 25 2021 Jonah Onyango,12, who was kidnaped on Sunday night while reportedly in the company of a friend from the neighbourhood. PHOTO | COURTESY Advertisement Suspected kidnappers of a 12-year-old boy who went missing on Sunday, have asked his parents to raise a Shs20m ransom, failure of which they will be directed where to find his body.  Jonah Onyango, a Primary Five pupil at Kaloke Primary School in Wakiso Distr...

Schools ignore govt directive, fully reopen Monday April 12 2021 Primary Seven candidates at Kyebambe Model Primary School in Fort Portal City observe Covid-19 standard operating procedures in October 2020. A survey by Daily Monitor indicates that some schools have opened for all classes and ignored the government’s phased manner of reopening. Photo/Alex Ashaba Summary According to the revised school calendar, Primary Four and Primary Five, who reported on April 6 and will break off on June ...

Lwanga’s 90-year-old teacher, OB speak out Thursday April 08 2021 Late Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga’s former teacher Solome Nakamanya (centre) is supported by her granddaughter Betty Kabanda (right) and one of former pupils Peter Ssettimba as they paid their last respects to the fallen cleric at St Charles Lwanga School Kyabakadde in Mukono District on Tuesday. Photo | Jessica Sabano. Summary  Ms Solome Nakamanya, 90, remembers the deceased as a bright student.  She told Daily...

Daily Monitor Wednesday April 07 2021 Primary Seven candidates of Atopi Primary School in Apac Municipality wash their hands in front of their newly-constructed sanitation facility after returning to school on October 15, 2020. PHOTO/BILL OKETCH Summary The Lira District inspector of schools, Mr Patrick Olwit, attributes the low turnout to the mix-up in communicating the reopening of schools for the pupils. Advertisement Several government-aided primary schools in Lango Sub-region received few ...

Daily Monitor Monday April 05 2021 Pupils get hand-on training at a workshop. Many pupils locked out of school by the pandemic are now enrolled into informal apprenticeship programmes in their neighbourhoods. Photo | File. Summary In some villages five out of 10 pupils have enrolled for vocational training. Because most schools including vocational colleges remain closed, local workshops and garages are taking in few learners for informal training. Advertisement As schools remain closed to the ...

Daily Monitor Wednesday March 10 2021 Students of Spore Primary school perform a play at the school premises in the past. PHOTO/FILE/COURTESY. Summary There are 77 pupils preparing to sit for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) later this month, including two visually-impaired. Advertisement Special needs pupils at Spire Road Primary School in Jinja City are struggling to implement the standard operating procedures (SOPs) because the more-friendly pupils who act as their guides are in lower clas...

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 09 2021 A mentor teaches residents of Kamuli District about the promotion of Smart Up Factory model that helps child mothers and school dropouts in December last year. PHOTO/ SAM CALEB OPIO Advertisement A bout 1,800 child mothers and school dropouts in Kamuli District have been empowered with skills to support themselves and their families. This has been possible through a Shs3.5b Smart Up Factory established by Plan International, an independent development and hum...

BBC News By Robbie Meredith Published image captionTransfer tests normally used by grammar schools have been cancelled this year One of NIs most prominent grammar schools has said it will use primary school test scores to decide which pupils to admit in 2021. Royal Belfast Academical Institution said it would "adopt other academic criteria for admission to the school". The tests run by the AQE and the Post-Primary Transfer Consortium (PPTC) were cancelled in early 2021. As a result, grammar sch...

First thing you do in the morning? I check my phone. For example, I go through social media for current affairs, I check my email and, see if I missed any calls. I then freshen up and prepare to leave.  What is the first thing you do when you get to work? I pray for a fruitful day before making my day’s schedule.  Your earliest childhood memory is…? I loathed wearing knickers up to Primary Five because I felt peaceful and never cared about others’ opinions.  Advertisement First best fr...