By Kellen Owente School head teachers have said the first New Vision Education Expo, which begins this Friday, will help revive the sector. The expo, which will run from January 27 to 29 at the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Nakawa, Kampala, comes a year after schools reopened following a two-year COVID-19-triggered […]
By Kellen Owente It is common for one to complete university without an idea of where to find a job. This is, in part, due to the fact that many students do not get exposed to job opportunities while still in school. But the first New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday, seeks to […]
By Kellen Owente Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) has endorsed New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday. Describing it as a timely intervention, Filbert Baguma, the UNATU general secretary, says now is the best time to discuss key issues in the education sector and share knowledge and experiences to improve the industry. The […]
By Martin Kitubi The acting head of the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT), Patrick Byakatonda, has urged parents and students to attend the New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday. He says the expo will help you better understand the lower secondary curriculum and the opportunities in vocational training. The education is planned to take place […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on June 6, 2022 By Patrick Okino When Rose Nakwagala was deployed to St Katherine Girls’ Secondary School in Lira district as headteacher in 2014, she noticed that many students did not have vocational skills. So she decided to submit proposals to local and international non-government […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on April 27, 2022 By Andrew Masinde Robert Simiu Chemuku is the headteacher of Longalom Primary School in Lonalom village, Lokopo sub-county in Napak district. The 46-year-old was born in Amudat district. He studied at Ndakaru Primary School, Kyesamisi High School and Moroto Core Primary Teachers […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on September 28, 2022 By Patrick Okino Lango College in Lira, formerly one of the best-performing academic institutions in the country, had only 260 students when Sammy Okino was deployed to head it in 2017. It was common for the students to miss classes and sneak […]
This article was first published in the new Vision on June 8, 2022 By Arnest Tumwesige Deep in Patiko sub-county, Gulu district, pupils in Omoti Primary School learn and revise using tablets. Each class is allocated a day in the week to use the 49 tablets. “I had never held a tablet before I joined […]
This article was first published in the new Vision on July 13, 2022 By Stephen Nuwagira When Oscar Ntwatwa assumed the role of the headteacher at Rwamwanja Secondary School in Kamwenge district, parents told him the school had “lost direction”. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and the school’s board of governors told him that many parents […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 24, 2022) By Wilson Asiimwe Bishop Rwakaikara Primary School is one of the biggest and oldest primary schools in Kagadi district. Located in Kagadi town, it is the only school with a unit for special needs children in the district. When Francis Mugisa was […]