The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is to start collecting all the tuition and other fees paid by students in public Universities in abid to curb misuse of funds by management. The directive was given by the Ministry of Finance and a single account which will be run by URA is yet to be opened on […]
Government anticipates that non-teaching staff at the public universities will call off their strike and return to work by Thursday this week. Janet Kataha Museveni, the minister of education and sports, while addressing parliament on Tuesday August 09, 2016 said that one of the demands the of non-teaching staff was for government not to use part […]
Parliament has approved three new public universities as government is put on task to explain the criteria used to recommend only the three universities and leaving out others. The new public universities have been approved after thorough scrutiny by the National Council for Higher Education. The approved universities include Kabale University in Kabale District, Lira […]
Non-teaching staff of public universities have threatened to stage a strike at the beginning of the next semester over non salary increase. The group under the Public Universities of Uganda Non –teaching Staff Executive Forum led by Jackson Betihama told the committee on Public Service and Local Government that if their salary is not increased […]