(Published Wednesday, December 15, 2021) The university had asked the Government to guarantee its $22m loan By Vision Reporter Amidst the growing demand for more medical personnel in Uganda, attempts to get another medical school still hang in balance. There were plans by Ndejje University to start a medical school this year, had the Government […]
(Published Wednesday, December 15, 2021) By Ritah Mukasa January 10, 2022 has been confirmed as the day for the official opening of schools. Children are warming up to resume physical classes, but there is a group of learners who had just started their education journey in kindergarten when schools closed in March last year. Even […]
(Published Wednesday, December 8, 2021) By George Bita It is midday and the shade of a jackfruit tree is the reliable shelter preventing the scorching sunrays from inconveniencing learners in the middle of a home lesson. The voices of pupils discussing mathematics problems fills the air and blends with sounds of chirping birds perched on […]
(Published Wednesday, December 8, 2021) By Nelson Kiva Ahead of the schools reopening in January, parents and authorities have been reminded about the need to aid adolescent mothers to complete school. The appeal was made by development partners over the weekend. This followed a revelation by the gender ministry that teenage pregnancies in some communities […]
Bob Kisiki In your child’s eyes, the world (as represented by technological advancements) is one step short of perfection — inventing the digital gadget that can store food in its bowels. Once that is done, the gadget will be the equivalent of the machines in the ICU, where one is on life support. They will […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By Godfrey Ojore “If we had learnt of it early enough, our learners would have followed it during the lockdown. As a school, we embrace it wholeheartedly,” Bertha Asekenye, the headteacher of Jeressar High School in Soroti, said. Asekenye said the new curriculum is hands-on and will be more […]
By Bob Kisiki Admit it, the children were away from school way too long. Much too long. And in all that time, we cannot keep our heads in the lulling sand of consolation thinking nothing changed, yet we know that the one thing necessary for change to occur has been happening all along – time. […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By George Bita With the reopening of education institutions, secondary school students have been introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout January, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the curriculum. In the fourth article in the series, George Bita assesses whether schools have enough funds for the curriculum Although competence-based […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 19, 2022) By Brian Mayanja Ahead of the re-opening of schools last Monday, there was a scramble by many parents to register their children in government-aided institutions in recent weeks, New Vision has learnt. The admission of learners in schools under the universal primary and secondary education programmes started after Government […]
By Augustus Munyandamutsa With a sigh of relief, parents sent their children back to school last week. We hope that the time spent at home was utilised well by both parents and children. It is one not-so stressed fact that many parents do not know much about their children. Most of what they know about […]