Okello notes that the region witnessed a two-decade-long Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel insurgency that affected many families, leaving them unable to educate their children.
Patricia Bageine Ejalu, the Deputy Executive Director in charge of Standards at UNBS says food quality remains a key issue that needs to be addressed in the education sector if learners are to be safe since most food suppliers are not certified.
Gulu University Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah told URN in an interview that the Kotido campus will open its doors to students in August next year.
Hellen Lamunu, the Head-teacher of Sacred Heart Girls School and Northern Uganda Regional Chairperson of the Association of Secondary Head Teachers’ Association expressed concern about the need for learner rehabilitation.
Dr. Mukembo expressed excitement about the appointment and pledged to deliver his best to the Board with the trust invested in him. “Am humbled to add another stone to our country’s building and elevate the name of Gulu University higher," he said,
Gulu District Chief Administrative Officer Ismail Ochengel explains that a jurisdiction row between the district and city council officials over custody of the fund affected the works.
The students say the council hall which hosts key activities among them council meetings of chiefs and mediation exercises is currently in a sorry state and not befitting for the institution.
The audit team is headed by Isiko Mark, an auditor from the Gulu Regional Auditor`s office, and will target at least 600 staff who are believed to be on the University`s payroll.
Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah, the Vice Chancellor of Gulu University told residents of Nadunget Sub-county who donated the land in a meeting last week that the project aims at socio-economic transformation of the Karamoja Sub-region.
Francis Okot, the Gulu University Guild President, noted that the campaign specifically targets sexually active young individuals who are at a higher risk of contracting and spreading HIV. The goal is to create awareness, encourage safe practices, and empower students to actively participate in addressing HIV/AIDS-related issues.
Laker Sharon Peace, the newly elected Speaker of the Institute, noted that many students have been robbed by thugs from their different rental places within the city. Female students have been the most affected, and keeping them in safe hostel facilities is the best solution.
This follows a directive issued by the University Vice Chancellor Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah instructing all teaching and technical staff not to allow any student to sit for examinations without making full tuition payment.
Mothers and babysitters shift from shade to shade while breastfeeding babies, can't concentrate in lectures, and some travel to and from home to attend to their babies.
The plaintiffs filed applications for judicial review in September 2021 seeking the court to declare null and void Openjuru’s promotion as a Professor and his appointment as Vice Chancellor alleging forgery of academic documents.
Caesar Okot, a teacher at Awach Secondary School in Awach Town Council says that he began experiencing irregularity in the payment of his salary in July.
Christopher Opiyo Atekere, the Gulu District Chairperson says currently only 20 hectares of land are being utilized for skilling the youth with the vast chunk unutilized and getting encroached.
They say that the family members resolved in a recent meeting that the proposed learning institution will be named Brigadier Okoya Vocational Training School. They reasoned that the institution will help keep his memory, legacies and service to the country alive and also help to transform the lives of the people through skills training at subsidized costs.
