KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda reopened its schools on Monday after the longest pandemic-prompted shutdown in the world, but educators and others say that the closing has taken a lasting toll, eroding ...

Uganda reopens schools after world's longest Covid-19 shutdown. ... But Ugandan officials expect a third of children who were in school when the pandemic began will not return, ...

Last year, I visited a school in Nakivale, a refugee settlement in southern Uganda. No lunch here, and not much learning, in classrooms crammed on average with 120 children.

The Uganda school shutdown affected nearly 10 million students. The school reopened Monday, but it's uncertain for how long due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Following President Yoweri Museveni's end-of-year address to the nation, we are now at least confident that our children are reporting back to schools on January 10, 2022.

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Uganda’s schools have been fully or partially shut for more than 83 weeks, the world's longest disruption, according to figures from the U.N. cultural agency. The shutdown affected more than 10 ...

Uganda's National Planning Authority estimated in August that 30% of all the country's learners would not be going back to school due to teenage pregnancies, early marriages, and child labour.

The sprawling Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda is home to more than 270,000 refugees from neighboring South Sudan’s civil war, most of them women and children.

With school closed, many children are now spending their days working in the fields, and supporting their families; 13-year-old Noella Mzungu is a Congolese refugee living in Uganda's capital ...

His audacious request reignited fears among parents about their children's safety in schools. Uganda’s 2023 crime report shows that 13,144 children were defiled, with 211 cases involving primary ...

Generous tip left at Ashland diner helps kids go to school in Uganda 02:31. ASHLAND - A pair of restaurant owners in Ashland are looking for a group of diners who dropped a $500 tip shortly before ...