GCIC Media Review – 21st November, 2023

TITLE: AFRICAN AIRLINES DISCUSS WAYS TO REDUCE LOSSES IN SECTOR

Page: 5

Summary: Top on the agenda was the need to liberalise the African aviation industry and improve intra-Africa travel so as to increase the content’s share of the global air travel business.

TITLE: FIRST LADY COMMENDS ADVANCEMENTS MADE IN HIV PREVENTION, TREATMENT

Page: 9

Summary: The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni, has lauded the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) for advances made in the acquisition of knowledge, skills and tools to prevent new HIV infections

 TITLE: OVER 100,000 TO SIT AS UBTEB EXAMS COMMENCE ACROSS COUNTRY

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Summary: A total of 102,132 candidates yesterday commenced their Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) exams as the country registered a remarkable increase in technical vocational education and training (TVET) enrolment.

DAILY MONITOR

TITLE: MAK SETS NEW DATES FOR 74TH GRADUATION

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Summary: Makerere University has set new dates for the 74th graduation ceremony that will be held next year, between January 22 and January 26 during which 13,000 students are expected to graduate at the institution’s main campus in Kampala.

TITLE: GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO IMPROVE TOURISM TRAINING

Page: 8

Summary: The tourism sector is one of the key issues on Uganda’s development Agenda, and in pursuit of this, the Government has suggested a number of measures like capacity building for the sector value chains, local and international collaborations, development of tourism infrastructure and increase in budgetary allocation for the sector.