By Gerald Businge on May 3, 2010
Cultural Development, HIV/AIDS, Rwangweri Stephen, Tooro
Books & Publications, Culture & Heritage
PART 1 Stephen Rwagweri is a social worker, book writer, broadcaster and currently working on a very ambitious project to build a museum for the people of Rwenzori region. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Engabu Za Tooro or Tooro Youth Platform for Action ,a development organization, which operates in the Rwenzori […]
By Gerald Businge on April 28, 2010
Education, Featured, ICTs
Gone are the days when governments begged their citizens to study such that they can get qualified personnel to serve in government departments. Also gone are the days where jobs were more than the job seekers. Today the world is changing every day and becoming more complex, competitive, and as a result making life demanding. […]
By Gerald Businge on April 16, 2010
Makerere University, National Council for Higher Education, Uganda Universities exhibition
Education news, Latest Uganda News
The 4th Uganda Higher Education Institutions Exhibition has opened in Kampala with many universities showcasing their related researches and innovations in science and technology. The exhibition organized by the National Council for Higher Education is intended for higher institutions of learning in Uganda to showcase their educational products to students and the general public. This […]
By Gerald Businge on April 8, 2010
Books & Publications, Featured
The government of Uganda has been called upon to put in place more mechanisms to ensure women who are sexually abused and those facing domestic violence get justice. The call was made by international human rights organization Amnesty International at the launch of their new report I Can’t Afford Justice – Violence against women in […]
By Gerald Businge on March 29, 2010
Education news, Featured, Media Gallery
Ultimate Media The recent past has seen a lot of criticism directed at Makerere University for supposedly not producing graduates with limited skills to meet the demands of market conditions. While this can be dismissed as Makerere hate talk in some circles, the local business community through the Uganda Private Sector Foundation in its budget […]
By Gerald Businge on March 28, 2010
Books & Publications, Latest Uganda News
Ultimate Media FEMRITE Uganda Women Writers’ Association launched three new textbooks on Friday. The textbooks launched were titled a children’s poetry anthology: The Butterfly Dance; words and sounds of colour, and two short story anthologies; Talking Tales and Pumpkin Seeds and Other Gifts. The launch took placeat the Makerere Art Gallery, Makerere University. There was […]
By Gerald Businge on March 26, 2010
Education news, ICTs, Science & Technology
By Isingoma John Gone are the days when governments begged their citizens to study such that they can get qualified personnel to serve in government departments. Also gone are the days where jobs were more than the job seekers. Today the world is changing every day and becoming more complex, competitive, and as a result […]
By Gerald Businge on March 26, 2010
Education, Featured
By EUNICE RUKUNDO, Ultimate Media With just 15points from her A Level exam results, Jean Ayikoru Longo would not have made it to any university on government sponsorship, leave alone join Makerere University. Yet the fact that she managed to scoop that many points although she is blind is proof that she could have performed […]
By Gerald Businge on March 17, 2010
Education
Ultimate Media Over 100 students from different universities have received training in leadership and management skills. The training programme under the theme, Inspiring Women in Leadership, was organized by the International Republican Institute and the African Youth Development Link to identify young women in universities and develop their leadership skills. The students also held a […]
By Gerald Businge on March 16, 2010
Education
Ultimate Media The Minister of Uganda for Education and Sports, Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire has urged school administers around the country to work with parents and members of the communities to ensure proper and strong discipline in schools. Addressing parents, students and administrators of King’s College Budo, Bitamazire (pictured)described indiscipline as the major cause of strikes […]