Education briefs
Nov 19, 2006
<b>Schools benefit</b><br>MBALE - Vocational training schools that admit P7 leavers will receive sh7m per term effective next academic year.
Schools benefit
MBALE - Vocational training schools that admit P7 leavers will receive sh7m per term effective next academic year. This was disclosed by state minister for primary education, Peter Lokeris at Mbale Municipality Community Polytechnic graduation ceremony recently. German development partner, GTZ, were the implementors of the programme. Certificates were awarded to150 students
Career guidance
KAMULI - Administrators of primary schools have been urged to strengthen career guidance to help children make right choices. Chairperson, Kamuli Secondary School, Charles Kaziba observed that many children make wrong choices of career due to lack of guidance at school.
Westminster offers
WAKISO - Westminster Theological College has launched a plan for the extension of the campus. College dean, Emma Kiwanuka said it will cost sh540m and after completion, it will have a capacity of 230 students. The college was offering only diploma courses, but has now been accredited to offer degree courses as well.
Ministry warns
JINJA - Teachers who instigate students into rioting and destruction of school property risk dismissal, Dr. John Mbabazi, the director of education in the education ministry, has said. Mbabazi was addressing teachers of Jinja Senior Secondary School following a demonstration where students destroyed school property recently. He said research indicates that some strikes by students are caused by teachers who use students to achieve personal goals.
Teachers rush
KAMPALA - There is crowding at the Education Service Commission (ESC) offices on Farmer’s House following the recent advertisement for graduate and Grade Five teachers. As some teachers pick application forms, others submit them or check the advertisement at the ESC notice boards. “We have received thousands of applications and we expect more,†said an official at the ESC reception.
NGO aids
KABAROLE - A US-based NGO, African Christians in Development Trust (ACID), has given out school fees worth sh1m to seven students. ACID’s Acileo Tumusabe said under their Education Savings Bureau programme, they help needy students to acquire primary and university education. The Ngo operates in Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, Bundibugyo, Hoima, Kasese and Masindi districts.
New structures
Lira - Save the Children Uganda (SCiU) will construct four classrooms, 10 teachers’ houses and pit latrines at Oloo Primary School. Inspecting classrooms under construction at the school recently, SCiU’s regional supervisor Patrick Nyeko, said the project will take three months.
Chief urges
Mityana - The LC5 chairman, Joseph Musoke, has appealed to parents to encourage their children to attend school to reduce school drop-outs. Meeting members of Orphans Deliverance Consult at the district headquarters recently, Musoke said the district needs bodies that reach out to people.
MBALE - Vocational training schools that admit P7 leavers will receive sh7m per term effective next academic year. This was disclosed by state minister for primary education, Peter Lokeris at Mbale Municipality Community Polytechnic graduation ceremony recently. German development partner, GTZ, were the implementors of the programme. Certificates were awarded to150 students
Career guidance
KAMULI - Administrators of primary schools have been urged to strengthen career guidance to help children make right choices. Chairperson, Kamuli Secondary School, Charles Kaziba observed that many children make wrong choices of career due to lack of guidance at school.
Westminster offers
WAKISO - Westminster Theological College has launched a plan for the extension of the campus. College dean, Emma Kiwanuka said it will cost sh540m and after completion, it will have a capacity of 230 students. The college was offering only diploma courses, but has now been accredited to offer degree courses as well.
Ministry warns
JINJA - Teachers who instigate students into rioting and destruction of school property risk dismissal, Dr. John Mbabazi, the director of education in the education ministry, has said. Mbabazi was addressing teachers of Jinja Senior Secondary School following a demonstration where students destroyed school property recently. He said research indicates that some strikes by students are caused by teachers who use students to achieve personal goals.
Teachers rush
KAMPALA - There is crowding at the Education Service Commission (ESC) offices on Farmer’s House following the recent advertisement for graduate and Grade Five teachers. As some teachers pick application forms, others submit them or check the advertisement at the ESC notice boards. “We have received thousands of applications and we expect more,†said an official at the ESC reception.
NGO aids
KABAROLE - A US-based NGO, African Christians in Development Trust (ACID), has given out school fees worth sh1m to seven students. ACID’s Acileo Tumusabe said under their Education Savings Bureau programme, they help needy students to acquire primary and university education. The Ngo operates in Kabarole, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, Bundibugyo, Hoima, Kasese and Masindi districts.
New structures
Lira - Save the Children Uganda (SCiU) will construct four classrooms, 10 teachers’ houses and pit latrines at Oloo Primary School. Inspecting classrooms under construction at the school recently, SCiU’s regional supervisor Patrick Nyeko, said the project will take three months.
Chief urges
Mityana - The LC5 chairman, Joseph Musoke, has appealed to parents to encourage their children to attend school to reduce school drop-outs. Meeting members of Orphans Deliverance Consult at the district headquarters recently, Musoke said the district needs bodies that reach out to people.