(This article was first published on January 20, 2023) By Eliab Tukamushaba The heads of colleges at Makerere University have been urged to pin up the lists of students that will graduate mid-next month. The university’s 73rd graduation ceremony will get underway on February 13 and end on February 17. A letter from the academic […]
(This article was first published on January 20, 2023) By David Lukiiza Fifteen students from schools nationwide have been selected to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2023. On Wednesday, they completed three days of training at Light Academy Secondary School in Kampala. Merisa Mushabe, a senior four student at Mt. St. Mary’s Namagunga, […]
By Lydia Nabwire Over 40 secondary school headteachers in Namisindwa and Manafwa districts are set to undergo training in critical thinking. The teachers were recently hosted at Luigi Giussani Foundation head offices in Kampala where they were told about the need to enhance critical thinking skills among learners. The teachers, who were accompanied by the […]
By Juliet Kasirye Education experts have urged the Government to enact an inclusive education draft policy that allows children with moderate special needs to be enrolled in ordinary schools. Their argument is that if a child has a moderate special need, they needn’t study in specialized schools for learners with severe disabilities. Many schools in […]
By Leonard Mukooli President Yoweri Museveni has directed Ugandan universities to begin developing academic curricula that meet job demands and societal needs. He says the university is not an island that exists on its own, rather, it owes its integral existence to society, which provides the material for financial and human resources for its operation. […]
(This article was first published on January 11, 2023) By David Lukiiza Fred Muwewesi, the new lower secondary school curriculum project’s co-ordinator at Kigezi High School, says when the curriculum was introduced, the students developed cold feet about it. According to Muwewesi, his students in the Senior One class were not active during their 2:30 […]
By Isaac Nuwagaba As a strategy to help vulnerable, but bright children from poor families access quality education in Ruhaama county, Ntungamo district, old boys and old girls from Butare parish in Ntungamo sub-county have launched the Butare Scholarship Fund (BSF). Senior Commissioner of Police and head of enforcement at the National Drug Authority Samuel […]
(This article was first published on January 20, 2023) By Umar Nsubuga A charitable organization, Humans Care Foundation, has donated computers worth Sh35 million to Queen of Peace secondary school in Nabyewanga, Mpigi district. The school is soon to be turned into a center for computer studies for all secondary students. Martin Mpanga, the executive […]
(This article was first published on January 20, 2023) By Kellen Owente When Dr Martin M. Lwanga officially starts work as the new director-general and CEO of ESAMI on February 1, he will take the reins as the first Ugandan ever in that role. Lwanga, an associate professor, has just been appointed to the position […]
(This article was first published on January 10, 2023) By Simon Peter Tumwine Senior Pastor of the Miracle Centre Cathedral Robert Kayanja Monday evening (January 9) passed out 2,124 graduands in leadership and ministering after pertaining the course at Miracle Bible college at his Rubaga-based Miracle Centre Cathedral. While passing out the graduands, Kayanja said […]