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EXPELLED: 18 Emma High School Students Suspended, Parents Breathing Fire

EXPELLED: 18 Emma High School Students Suspended, Parents Breathing Fire

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] Scores of parents are crying foul and breathing ‘fire’ after 18 students, majority candidates were suspended from Emma High School for gross misconduct. Literally, EMMA, the short form of…

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LAUNCHED: First Lady Janet Museveni Commissions River Flow International Mini- Laboratories

LAUNCHED: First Lady Janet Museveni Commissions River Flow International Mini- Laboratories

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda [   ] First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni has hailed the initiative by River Flow International Science Teachers Initiative in manufacturing of the mini- laboratories.…

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IDENTIFIED: Police Unearths School Where Minors Sexual Video Was Recorded

IDENTIFIED: Police Unearths School Where Minors Sexual Video Was Recorded

By ROBERT KAMUKAMA MPIGI, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] The video of teachers ordering innocent juveniles to re-do what they were caught doing, a sexual oral act shocked many, but thanks to our investigators the school as well as…

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TO UNEB: Why Not Grade Results Without English

TO UNEB: Why Not Grade Results Without English

BY JOYCE KANDIDA NYAKETCHO MBALE, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] Since we didn’t bring Shakespeare to build the bridge, why not grade results without English, after all we are branded entertainers. UNEB (Uganda National Examinations Board) needs to only…

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REJECTED: MPs Chop By Half Government Budget To Purchase Radio Sets For Learners

REJECTED: MPs Chop By Half Government Budget To Purchase Radio Sets For Learners

BY ROBERT KAMUKAMA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Government efforts to purchase radion and Television sets to aid learning for pupils have hit another snag after MPs threw their proposal to borrow for this cause. The members of…

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Janet Museveni Visits ‘Burnt’ Makerere University Calls For Change In Morals

Janet Museveni Visits ‘Burnt’ Makerere University Calls For Change In Morals

KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| First Lady and Education Minister Hon Janet Kataha Museveni on Sunday morning paid a courtesy visit to the 98-year-old Makerere University that was burnt to ashes following a fire that broke out on…

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Schools To Open For Candidate Classes On September 20- Janet Museveni

Schools To Open For Candidate Classes On September 20- Janet Museveni

BY AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIANEWS| First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni has indicated that schools will re-open for candidate classes later this month, preferably on September 20, 2020.…

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School Heads Asked To Refund Fees Paid For Second, Third Terms

School Heads Asked To Refund Fees Paid For Second, Third Terms

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT NAIROBI, Kenya|SHIFTMEDIA| Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has directed primary and secondary school heads to refund or give credit notes to parents who had paid the 2020 academic year fees in advance.…

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Cabinet Agrees To Open Universities, Candidate Classes To Wait Further

Cabinet Agrees To Open Universities, Candidate Classes To Wait Further

BY AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA – Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA NEWS| Only University and Tertiary institutions will re-open amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Cabinet agreed on Monday. Candidates have another wait. The Cabinet zeroed on universities on the basis…

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“A Child The Untold Victim of COVID-19 Pandemic’

“A Child The Untold Victim of COVID-19 Pandemic’

BY GAITANO EZRA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| The Coronavirus has so far left over 6 million people worldwide infected with COVID-19 and over 300,000 deaths. Africa alone has over 100,000 reported cases, with Uganda currently with surging…

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