(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 30, 2022) By Umar Nsubuga and Samuel Lutwama At Kololo Senior Secondary School, officials from the education ministry and teachers watched in awe as the students exhibited products made from local materials. With confidence and precision, the students demonstrated technologies for making kerosene from […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 30, 2022) Since there were no fresh A’level graduates to join universities through the government and private sponsorships schemes in 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted school calendars, universities invited applications for government and private admissions from whoever completed Senior Six no […]
By Bob Kisiki We will call her Anita. She was the first child in her family to go to university, so her parents, especially her mother, who was the sterner of the two parents, looked at Anita as both an asset and a catastrophe waiting to happen. You know, with all the horrors that bedevil […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 23, 2022) By Ibrahim Ruweza When Allen Mutatiina enrolled her three-year-old daughter Precious Nimusiima in a nursery school in 2006, she did not know that her child was not equipped for the daily routine of waking up before 6:00am to prepare and for school. […]
By Bob Kisiki You know that it is possible just to give up; very easy. Throw in the towel and say: “To hell! I have had it!” Because there is every reason for a parent to get to that level. The scenarios are various; all horrendous. It is the reason parents have hacked or burnt […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 16, 2022) By John Odyek In a new government programme, learners will have a chance to have a cup of milk daily at school. To enable this, parents are required to pay between sh10,000 and sh20,000 per term…. From Monday to Friday, nine-yearold Stella […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 9, 2022) Examination Season Examination period is an important season in the life of every student. However, the season is also a stressful one for some candidates. With Primary Seven and Senior Four examinations underway, and Senior Six candidates set to sit theirs in […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 9, 2022) Researchers and mental health specialists have argued that the current competitive examination system in Uganda is hurting children’s mental health. Agnes Kyotalengerire sought the views of parents, mental health experts and teachers on how to combat mental illness among schoolchildren Florence Nsubuga, […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 9, 2022) By Francis Emukule The debate about whether the mode of delivering university education in Uganda needs to change ‘or not, rages on. Many have argued that the current system is outdated because it still lays emphasis on teaching theory and producing job […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on November 9, 2022) Most learners in Ugandan schools are given the option to either pass exams or repeat classes. Some are threatened with expulsion from schools if they do not attain the passmark. Experts say this is sending many children into depression and anxiety, writes […]