Kenya promised on Monday to crack down on schools operating illegally after teachers called for a ban on a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Bridge International Academies (BIA), which is also supported by British aid money, offers cheap nursery and primary education to poor […]
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The University of Washington and TRACE International invite application for TRACE Scholar Program to pursue studies related to strategies and tools for increasing transparency and reducing corruption. The scholarship is available for an international lawyer from a developing country. This LLM scholarship is aimed at developing exceptional young leaders in the field of anti-corruption who […]
Makerere University Business School (Mubs) has petitioned Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, seeking Parliament’s intervention into the continued closure of Makerere University. Prof Arthur Ahimbisibwe, the Mubs academic staff chairperson said more than 5,000 students who sat their final exams risk missing out on graduation if Makerere remains under key and lock. “We fear for […]
The ministry of education has said the new guidelines for establishing, licensing, registering and classifying private schools and institutions are ready and they will be enforced with a new curriculum next term. While commissioning St. Andrew Kaggwa Gombe High School in Kawaala in Wakiso district on Sunday, Alex Kakooza the education PS said the objective […]
Over 104,361 students have been left frustrated as they cannot apply for government scholarships next year after Makerere University was indefinitely closed before they could get the Public Universities Joint Admission Board (PUJAB) forms. Ms Nakate Kikomeko asked both parents and students to be patient since the matter is beyond there control. She added that […]
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine is offering Thomas Mark scholarships for the students of developing countries. These scholarships are awarded to applicants who have at least two years clinical working experience specialising in the field of Paediatrics and applying for the MSc Tropical Paediatrics (MTP) at LSTM. LSTM’s MSc in Tropical Paediatrics produces graduates who […]
Kenyan teachers want the government to ban a chain of low-cost private primary and nursery schools, backed by Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Britain’s aid budget, after it faced criticism from a court in Uganda for hiring unlicensed teachers. Uganda’s high court on Friday ordered Bridge International Academies (BIA) to close 63 schools in the country […]
Word on the street is that Makerere university‘s woes have supernatural origins. Apparently in 1920 one Buganda chief whose land was grabbed so room could be made for Makerere University cursed the day Makerere University was born and lamented that Makerere will never be peaceful. And so it began, on the very day Makerere opened […]
Wellcome Trust is offering mid-career fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine. This scheme helps mid-career researchers from low- and middle-income countries establish independent research programmes in those countries. The scheme aims to support research that will improve public health and tropical medicine at a local, national and global level. The Wellcome Trust is a […]
Applications are invited for Irish Aid Fellowship Training Programme for 2017/18 academic year. These fellowships are awarded to undertake postgraduate studies at colleges and universities in Ireland. As part of this overall mission, Irish Aid Fellowships aim to address capacity deficits that hinder the attainment of long-term development goals through the training and development of […]