Ugasite

MTN marathon was a no Ebola transmission zone – Health ministry

Ugasite Nov 21, 2022

In a statement released on Monday, the Ministry said the Marathon was cleared and authorized after assessing that the event posed no risk of transmission among the participants.

Education

2023 academic calendar year to begin on 6th February – MoE

Ugasite Nov 17, 2022

Dates for senior one and five entrants for Technical or Farm Schools and Community Polytechnics will also be communicated in due course according to the Education Minister, Janet Museveni.

Education

P7 pupils who missed PLE exam to be given special paper – Janet Museveni

Ugasite Nov 17, 2022

The P7 candidates of St. Christine Primary School in Kakumiro district reportedly walked for about 15km in the company of their teachers to Mpasana Primary School, where they had registered to sit for their exams, after their headmaster failed to provide a van he had promised and allegedly switched off his phone.

Health

No prayers, traditional doings will heal Ebola – President Museveni

Ugasite Nov 15, 2022

"Ebola is easier to deal with than COVID19 and AIDS. The main solution is behaviour change. People have to listen. Traditional healers will not deal you. There are also no prayers that will heal Ebola. The answer is to use the medicine God created for us. We have to use what God created to solve problems."

Education

Teachers demand P8 be introduced in primary level learning

Ugasite Nov 15, 2022

“Some learners have been called failures because they can not pass examinable subjects but they are very good in co-curricular activities. So by the time these learners leave P.8, they can do better in these areas of interest."

Health

Ebola claims one in Jinja

Ugasite Nov 14, 2022

"A sample was obtained on the 10th from the dead body, by healthworkers from St Catherine Medical center, Luzinya Buwenge, a private clinic where he had sought treatment before passing on. Contact tracing and epidemiological investigations have been activated," Aceng said.

Education

End of term: Police urges schools to observe safety of learners

Ugasite Nov 14, 2022

"As announced by the education ministry on the closing of term three for holidays on 25th Nov 2022, this is a reminder to all school administrators to ensure that all school vans are in a good condition as they transport children back home for holidays," Farid Nampiima the Public Relations Officer, Uganda Traffic Police said.

Education

UNEB speaks out on 23 learners who missed writing their PLE mathematics Paper

Ugasite Nov 12, 2022

"The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has received information from our field officers that 23 out of 26 candidates of Mpasana Primary School in Kakumiro missed writing the Mathematics paper on November 8, 2022, the first day of the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE)," Odongo wrote.

Health

PLE: Fear as UNEB scout presents Ebola symptoms

Ugasite Nov 10, 2022

Shortly after he arrived to invigilate exams on Tuesday morning, the suspect complained of severe headache, general body pain, and fever and started bleeding through the mouth.

Education

Schools to break off for Christmas holiday on November 25 over Ebola

Ugasite Nov 8, 2022

"Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary schools are set to close for third term holidays on 25/11/22 due to the Ebola outbreak," a statement from the Ministry read on Tuesday.