The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examination Board UNMEB today released the results of the May 2017 examinations with this years candidates performing better than their 2016 counterparts. For the certificate programmes, 3,502 candidates passed this year compared to 2,968 candidates last year recording a 5.0 increase in performance. For diplomas 439 candidates passed compared to 286 in 2016.
Prof Kagonyera made the proposal while discussing findings of a study on Universal Primary Education UPE conducted by Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment ACODE released in Kampala today. The study titled Assessment of Public Expenditure Governance of the Universal Primary Education Programme in Uganda notes, among others, that pupil retention and absenteeism in school is at 30 percent largely due to lack of feeding.
The High court in Kampala on Friday cleared the Federation of Uganda Football Associations Fufa general Assembly/elections to go ahead on August 5th in Masindi district.
A statement released this afternoon by the U.S. Africa Command said that Jabal was leading al-Shabab forces operating the Mogadishu and Banadiir regions in planning and executing attacks against the Somali military, African Union checkpoints and facilities, hotels and the area around the presidential palace.
Youth delegates at the meeting want all the 52 Commonwealth Member States to expose children to ICT solutions from Kindergarten, Primary, secondary school and university. This, they say, will enable learners to use technology to develop skills and solutions to society problems.