Tag Archives: Reopening of Schools

BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2022 With bags on their backs, masked school children dressed in green and khaki uniforms thronged to Kasimeri Primary School in Moroto Municipality early on Monday morning. By midday, the school was still full of enrollment activity on the first day of reopening …

BY WALTER KUMIRA GULU: THURSDAY, JANUARY 06, 2022 Gulu LC5 Chairperson, Christopher Opiyo Ateke, said that the district through the Education Department has given sh450,000 to each of the 49 government aided Primary School and sh600,000 to each government aided Secondary school for slashing their school compound and cleaning classrooms. …

BY GORRET KAJUMBA KABAROLE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 06, 2022 The Kabarole District Covid-19 task force has resolved not to allow an non-vaccinated teaching and non-teaching staff in schools when they reopen next week on January 10th. “When our schools reopen on Monday next week, we shall not allow non-vaccinated teachers and …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KITGUM: THURSDAY, JANUARY 06, 2022 As learning institutions prepare for the resumption of classes next week, Kitgum prison primary school in Kitgum Town has not stood by. The school is a mixed day primary school with 1,214 pupils before the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country in …

BY ALEX BALUKU KASESE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 05, 2022 A total of 100 nursery school teachers from Mahango, Karusandara, Maliba, Bugoye and the Central Division of Kasese Municipality are at Kamaiba Youth Center undergoing a fresher training ahead of the reopening of schools. Tangu Utoto Foundation, a Non-Government Organization based in …

BY ALEX BALUKU KASESE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 04, 2022 David Thembo Kabau, the Director for Margarita Demonstration Primary School in Kasese Municipality, says they are done with renovating some of the structures at the institution. “We are waiting for the learners to return for normal classes,” he said Kabau said the …

BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KITGUM: MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2022 As Government has assured public about reopening of all learning institutions, Kitgum’s Alliance College is among the secondary schools that is eager to reopen. The college is a mixed day and boarding secondary school for both Ordinary and Advanced level with over …

BY ALEX BALUKU KASESE: MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2022 Local leaders in Busongora North County, Kasese District have launched a go-back to school campaign ahead of the official reopening on January 10, 2022. Daniel Kambale, the Local Council III Chairman for Rugendabara–Kikongo Town Council says they are using churches, funerals and …

BY ALEX BALUKU KASESE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2022 The Bishop of South Rwenzori Diocese, Rt. Rev. Nason Baluku, has highlighted that education is a driver for socio-economic development. In his New Year message, Bishop Baluku noted that the Covid-19 lockdown has seen about 1.5 million learners locked out of school. …

BY INNOCENT ATUGANYIRA MASINDI: SUNDAY, 02 JANUARY 2022 Richard Kasaija, the head teacher of Green Valley Secondary School, said many children have been engaged in different activities including cultivation, hawking vegetables and others during the long lock-down which may demoralize them from reporting back to school. He urged parents and …