Regarding the discrepancies in numbers, the Commission will come out with an official position. The Commission is currently meeting, and they will provide guidance on the matter. I do not want to second-guess it," Mucunguzi stated.
Despite ongoing efforts to improve literacy, the findings indicate that fewer children can read and comprehend texts in their mother tongues, raising concerns about the effectiveness of early education programs and the thematic curriculum.
Records indicate that the destructive earthquake, in the early hours of Sunday, 20 March 1966, was officially recorded at a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale, though several monitoring stations reported readings as high as 7.7. It remains the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the region to date.
Out of the 73 schools flagged for cheating across the country, with their 2024 examination cancelled several belong to the Uganda Muslim Education Association (UMEA), the Church of Uganda, the Roman Catholic Church and other faith-based organizations.
The 2024 Uwezo National Learning Assessment Report has revealed that while schools focus on examinable subjects, critical values such as honesty, discipline, and responsibility are being overlooked—leading to an increase in cases of theft, dishonesty, and violence among students.
he report shows divergent trends for children’s literacy and numeracy. Reading
levels in the upper primary classes are lower than in 2021 and may reflect the
long-term impact of the school closures of 2020-21. However, the numeracy
levels are generally higher than in 2021, despite the closures.
The Tumaini Peace Initiative, launched in May 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, is a high-level mediation effort aimed at resolving the conflict in South Sudan by engaging holdout groups that have not signed the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan.
Christopher Kisekka
