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There are various rumors and off brand information spreading around about the new lower secondary school curriculum…some may be true and others false but really, which is which. To know for sure all we have to do is wait for affirmation from NCDC or the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Meanwhile, some of the rumors that have been passing around include ;

Kiswahili is to be compulsory till senior four

Though this was mentioned in the news paper, social media platforms, and even the news the students still believe it is a rumor as stated by

The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East Africa Community Affairs, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga disclosed that the Government of Uganda is to make the Kiswahili language a compulsory and examinable subject in primary and secondary schools.

Kadaga made the remarks while addressing journalists at the EAC Affairs Ministry, located at the Kingdom building in Kampala on Wednesday. The joint Press Conference brought together representatives from the Ministries of Gender, Labor and Social Development, Defence and Veteran Affairs, Education and Sports, and top leadership from the EAC Secretariat.

“Kiswahili has been recognized by the Ugandan Cabinet as an official language and is widely spoken in the EAC bloc and beyond. Being an indigenous African language, Uganda must adopt its usage widely by making the language a compulsory and examinable subject in both primary and secondary schools,” she said.

She called upon the media to popularize the Kiswahili language more than other foreign languages because Kiswahili has its origin in Africa, where Africans have to be proud of speaking the language. She added that Kiswahili plays a pivotal role in accelerating regional trade in the EAC bloc as the mode of communication among traders and their customers.

Now the question is, Will students comply…was it worth it. What do you think?

Adapted from independent.co.ug