Uganda, April 5 -- Universities have started adjusting the semester to comply with the Ministry of Education's directive to break off for the upcoming census exercise.

The Education Ministry in a November 8, 2023 letter ordered all schools and higher institutions to break off for the national population headcount scheduled to take place from May 9 for 10 days.

The ministry's director for higher, technical, vocational education and training, Dr Jane Egau Okou, directed all school heads and Vice Chancellors to release all learners to participate in the census.

He said that the Ubos-led exercise will generate information which will be utilized for the provision of real-time statistics for the planning and implementation of government poli...