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Aberdeen school pupils speak out against single-use plastics Updated: 15/02/2021, 9:21 am © Shutterstock / Rich Carey P6 pupils at Forehill School wrote to MSP Mark McDonald over their concerns on single-use plastics. Pupils at an Aberdeen primary school have spoken out against single-use plastics in a bid to help save the environment. One of the Primary 6 classes at Forehill School in Bridge of Don wrote to Aberdeen Donside MSP Mark McDonald to make their views on the environmental issue know...

The Education ministry’s permanent secretary said this return to school timetable will mark the closure of the 2020 academic year

By Monitor Team Following President Museveni’s pronouncement allowing learners in semi-candidate classes to report back to school on March 1, many private and government-funded schools across the country have hiked their tuition fees to cope with the rising operational costs occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. Semi-candidate classes include Primary Six, Senior Three, and Senior Five. However, a few schools have maintained their previous fees structures. Related articles

Education minister Janet Museveni says children in that age bracket will not report for school as they are at high risk of contracting Covid-19

Daily Monitor Friday February 05 2021 People wait at Busoga University, Jinja City on October 15,2020.The university is set to reopen four years after its licence was revoked. PhOTO | TAUSI NAKATO Summary While brandishing a December 21, 2020 letter, addressed to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Sports from Dr Kenneth Omona, the Principal Private Secretary to President Museveni, Mr Ndada on Wednesday said the Church had finalised the process of handing over the universit...

Daily Monitor Wednesday February 03 2021 Senior Four candidates of Main Street Primary School in Jinja City attend class on November 17, 2020. PHOTO /FILE. Summary The Cabinet decision does not give the reopening date and has sparked more confusion on whether the allowed students are reporting as candidates. Advertisement Cabinet has given the green light to schools to reopen for sub-candidate classes nearly a year after they were closed following the coronavirus outbreak. The latest decision b...

Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 10:20 AM MYT BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — For some, digital learning is a necessity in the new normal wrought by Covid-19. But, for others, this alternative classroom experience is one that is filled with anxiety, fear and uncertainty as they grapple with technology and try to keep up with lessons. This sentiment is shared by both students and parents, who would like to mai...

Tibagwa: 91-year-old with zeal to teach Saturday January 16 2021 Summary Back in time. Flora Tibagwa, 91, a former primary school teacher, still takes pleasure in teaching young children.  She met and married John Kasule in 1954. The couple was blessed with six children of whom only two are  alive. Kasule passed on in 1993.   Advertisement Some choose to become teachers in order to earn a living, others become teachers as a path to other opportunities while others, such as Flora Tibagwa do i...

By Fr Francis Lim, SJ On Dec 22, teachers from both SK St Joseph and St Joseph’s Private Primary School were on hand to witness the official handing back of the school building along Jalan Were, Kuching, by the outgoing Headmaster of SK St Joseph, Richard Kawi to the Archbishop of Kuching, His Grace Simon Poh. An official letter addressed to the Director of Sarawak Education Department with the historic date of December 22, 2020 to designate the handing back of the school building, was presen...

The Hong Kong government announced Monday to ban all flights from the United Kingdom starting Tuesday to fend off a mutated strain of COVID-19 on a day the Legislative Council approved HK$6.36 billion in financial aid for businesses hit hard by the pandemic. Also on Monday, the Education Bureau announced that on-campus classes will remain suspended until at least Jan 10. The amended rule would stipulate that people who have stayed in the UK for more than two hours in the past 14 days shall be r...