This article was first published in the New Vision on May 19, 2021 By Conan Busingye The Government is considering implementing continuous assessment of learners in primary schools, as it is with the secondary level. Secondary schools, starting with Senior One, started using continuous assessment early last year. Continuous assessment is a form of educational […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on May 19, 2021 By Conan Busingye “The best way to teach your children about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream,” Bill Murray, an American actor, comedian and writer, once remarked. Much as this applies to parents, it signifies how important it is […]
By Bob Kisiki We all need a friend. No, not the many hangers-on who cheer us on and dip their hands in the same plate as us and generally go where we go, until we take the road of discomfort or of tribulation. I do not write about those for just like everything else of […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on May 5, 2021 Uganda is making inroads in improving higher education and we need to be proud of that. We have made great strides in terms of lecturers and tutors recruitment, remuneration and the development of infrastructure in higher education, with the support of taxpayers […]
KAMPALA – Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB) has come under fire for lack of fairness while distributing financial support across the country. While facing Parliament’s COSASE committee, the Board was put under fire to explain while some regions have had hundreds of beneficiaries in the last couple of years while others have less than ten. […]
By John Masaba Over 90 government and private schools in Hoima East and Hoima West divisions have received free textbooks to boost education standards in Hoima City. The beneficiary schools include Mparo Primary School, Good Shepherd, St Gertrude, Golden Nursery and Primary School, Glory Infant, Kabalega Nursery and Primary School, Bwinkya Muslims Primary School, Hoima […]
By John Masaba The state minister for ICT and National Guidance, Joyce Ssebugwawo, has hailed International Business, Science and Technology University (ISBAT) for promoting the culture of entrepreneurial mindset in the country. She made the remarks in Kampala on Tuesday, May 9, while inaugurating the university’s innovation entrepreneurship exhibition and the launch of the state-of-the-art […]
By Sharon Nabasirye The Deputy Principal of Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Prof. Moses Muhwezi, has advised students pursuing marketing to be aggressive when opportunities come their way. He said this at the closure of marketing week organized by the faculty of marketing at MUBS in Nakawa Division. Prof. Muhwezi noted that many marketing practitioners put effort […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on May 5, 2021 By Conan Busingye Universities need to invest heavily in research if they are to be of great value to their communities and the country. The 2010 State of Higher Education in Uganda report states that: “Research is the major occupation of an […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on May 5, 2021 By Jackie Achan In the Rwenzori region, every dawn, teachers wake up to trek at least an hour or more up the mountains, to teach children in the highlands. “Climbing the steep mountain, Monday to Friday is tedious,” the District Education Officer […]