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We do understand the stress schools are going through too, but a balance must be struck for the benefit of all

The Education Ministry has proposed a special term to enable the semi-candidates to cover the syllabus while other classes will study for only eight weeks

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 02 2021 Children in a nursery school before the Covid-19 pandemic. Homeschooling is now a preserve of a few privileged hildren in the country. PHOTO | FILE Summary Income and expenditure. Ms Manuela Mulondo, Early Childhood Enthusiast and Founder of The Cradle says, in terms of estimation a pre-school or kindergarten will cost a parent between Shs1m and Shs1.5million per term depending on the type of school they go to. However for most day schools and pre-care ce...

  As schools reopen for sub-candidate classes today, many teachers will not return to classrooms due to low salaries and poor working conditions worsened by the one-year closure due to the COVID-19 lockdown. This comes as semi-candidates are set to return to school today. Many of the non-returning teachers mainly in private schools, faced with no payment and other challenges of the lockdown, ventured into alternative income-generating projects. However, others in government-aided schools, desp...

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 02 2021 Teenage mothers with their babies in Teobia Village, Kole District, on November 16 last year. Thousands of school girls across the country will not return to school after getting pregnant or married during the Covid-19 lockdown. PHOTO | FILE Summary Policy gaps. Child rights activists said Uganda has a vast number of laws, policies and programmes and if put in practice, they would effectively end child marriage. Mr Gerald Baale, the Kamwenge senior probation...

Daily Monitor Monday March 01 2021 A parent and his children on Ben Kiwanuka Street in Kampala yesterday after shopping for school yesterday. PHOTO / STEPHEN OTAGE Summary Caution. “You should wear a human heart and allow parents to pay in instalments. Of course, a child should not report without anything. We encourage effective communication with the parents so that they can be able to pay the money,” Patrick Kaboyo, national secretary of Federation of Non State Educational institutions  ...

Daily Monitor Monday March 01 2021 Mr Stuart Lubwama (right), the head teacher of Victorian High School in Entebbe, resorted to selling Chapatis at Abayita Ababiri on Entebbe Road. PHOTO/FILE. Summary Advertisement This comes as semi-candidates are set to return to school today. Many of the non-returning teachers mainly in private schools, faced with no payment and other challenges of the lockdown, ventured into alternative income generating projects.  However, others in government-aided schoo...

Daily Monitor Friday February 26 2021 Students of Kakungulu Memorial Secondary School in Kampala attend lessons on February 25, 2021. PHOTO/ WILSON KUTAMBA Summary During a press conference at State House Entebbe yesterday, the Minister of Education, Ms Janet Museveni, appealed to schools to adhere to new guidelines on SOPs released the institution. In Tororo District, the education officer, Mr Albert Odoi, has warned that those who fail to comply with the standards will not be allowed to opera...

Daily Monitor Saturday February 20 2021 Left: Some of the teens expecting babies display their craftswork at the rehab centre. PHOTO/Abdul-NASSER SSEMUGABI. Summary According to a survey published in the BioMed Central, United Kingdom-based scientific journal, in August 2020, 25 per cent of girls in Uganda give birth below the age of 18. Most of the cases are attributed to defilement, rape and incest. Advertisement Linda* is only 12 years old but eight months pregnant. On the fateful day, her a...

Daily Monitor Friday February 19 2021 Students register and screen for Covid-19 symptoms at Luzira Secondary School in October 2020. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA Summary Even with the opening of education institutions for candidate classes last year, the funds collected, they say, are insufficient to adequately run their businesses and service the loans acquired from financial institutions. Advertisement Owners of private schools in Uganda have threatened to stop operating under current conditions sayi...