A meeting between striking staff at Ugandas public universities and officials from the Finance, Education and Public Service ministries appears to have addressed the issues that pushed the staff to lay down their tools.
Under the new policy, every student who fails a paper is required to pay 50,000 shillings for each paper retaken and once a student fails two papers, he/she automatically gets a dead year. In this case such a student is required to stay put in their current year of study.
Lack of computers, text books, furniture as well as poor sanitation and the delay in releasing previous examination results, triggered the protests at Kampala University Masaka Campus.
Police has fired tear gas to contain students of Kabale University who staged a strike today. The students wanted the Academic Registrar to explain why they have not had lectures since they reported for a new semester on September 15, 2016.
Under the new policy, every student who fails a paper is required to pay 200,000 shillings to re-do the paper. If a student fails three papers, he/she automatically gets a dead year.
Due to a strike by the non-teaching staff in public universities, the university management after consultation with the chairperson of the university council has extended the opening of first year students from 6th August to Saturday 13th August. Prof John Ddumba Ssentamu, Makerere University Vice Chancellor.
Government has asked the Law Development Centre (FDC) Court to allow it amend the charge sheet to institute new charges of unlawful assembly against 18 Makerere University students. The revelation was made this morning by state attorney, Betty Agola before court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Esther Nasambu.
Four Makerere University students suspected to have been ringleaders of a violent strike last month have run to court challenging their suspension from the university.
The Academic Registrar of Mutesa I Royal University was this morning forced to flee his office as students staged a strike protesting failure by the administration to address their academic concerns.
Makerere University Council is yet to sit to resolve the students’ grievances three days after the students went on strike to protest the University’s 60% tuition policy. The policy adopted in 2006 but put into force last year, requires all private students to pay at least 60 percent of their tuition within the first six weeks of the 17-week semester.
During a meeting called by Gulu district leaders on Tuesday afternoon to find solution to the strikes, the assistant lecturers who attended the meeting said that they too are planning to stage a strike over non-payment of their allowances. The leaders were shocked to learn that the lecturers have not been paid for the last eight months.
The students are protesting against the delay by government to release their living day allowances and the poor living conditions for the 800 students who are on government sponsorship.
Kyambogo University lecturers have tabled more evidence pinning the sitting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaiah Omolo Ndiege on cases of mismanagement in the institution
Ian Kamusiime, a second year student of education was discontinued on the orders of the University Secretary, Aliza Mary Dutki. Kamusiime had just been released from Kabale Central Police Station where he spent two weeks after he was arrested for alleged defilement.
Two vehicles belonging to Kyambogo University have been set ablaze by rioting students to protest a deadline issued by the University administration for Students to clear their tuition fees.
Kyambogo University Non teaching staff, who had on Sunday threatened to go on strike before calling it off after a crisis meeting, are still waiting for the Minister of Education to name representatives to the negotiation committee.
There is tension at Namasagali University in Kamuli after students attempted to stage a strike in protest against what they referred to as negligence by the administrators.
