(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 13, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Just 200 metres from the banks of River Manafwa is Bumwalye Primary School located in Manyali village, Bulucheke sub-county in Bududa district. The compound is dotted with placards warning pupils about the dangers of COVID-19 and why they should […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 13, 2022) By Patrick Okino At the peak of COVID-19, Jane Obeny, the headteacher of Agwatta Secondary School in Dokolo district, was disturbed, as a professional teacher, by the impact of the pandemic on learners, especially girls. The situation prompted her to partner with […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 30, 2022) By Moses Bikala Basan Muhamed Khan was transferred to Hindocha Primary School in Bugiri in 2016. The school that was founded in 1972 had only 589 pupils at the time. He started holding regular meetings with parents to discuss how the academic […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 30, 2022) By George Bita When Catherine Alibamwenze started teaching at Minani Primary School 12 years ago, there were limited structures and girls lacked water to wash up during menstruation. However, thanks to her association with foreign donors, all that has changed at the […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 23, 2022) By Moses Bikala If you have ever been to Butaleja district, you have probably heard of Benah Siminyu. She is the headteacher of Mugulu High School in Busolwe town council. She is hailed for empowering parents with income-generating skills. When she was […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 23, 2022) By Moses Bikala When Ham Mugema was posted to Nakalama Secondary School in 2014, he realised that the lack of lunch, indiscipline by the learners and poor teacher welfare, were responsible for the poor performance of the pupils. The school had last […]
(This article was first published on the New Vision site on February 8, 2023) By Douglas Mubiru SOROTI – For the last two years, Faith Isenyi, 16, has been in and out of school, adding she dropped out of Primary six last year. Isenyi, a resident of Amodolam village, Gweri Sub County in Soroti district says […]
By Admin The results of the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) – or O’Level – exams were released Thursday at State House, Nakasero by the education minister and First Lady, Janet Museveni. National exams body UNEB chairperson Mary Okwakol handed over the results to the minister for release. Here are the key statistics from […]
(This article was published on the New Vision site on February 9, 2023) By John Masaba KAMPALA – The English language has recorded an improvement in the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results released today by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) have indicated. The results indicated an improvement in the subject at credit level and […]
