Moses Mpanga When your adolescent greeted you yesterday and yet walked right past you the morning after with an unimpenetrable attitude, you were jolted. He or she spent all-day in the bedroom, but had been up and about the day before! The other day, your 13-year-old daughter broke down because she saw a disabled chicken […]
Bob Kisiki Chances are you are still stuck with your child at home — not because you lack the money to take them back to school, but because they just won’t accept to go back there. They feel that the season passed, and they want to move on to something else. Something more practical. And […]
By Patrick Kibirango Two schools recently bought Vision Group’s new curriculum textbooks worth sh1m. These are St Lucia Learning Centre in Wabigalo, Mityana district and Kikulu Primary School and Kindergarten in Kisaasi on the outskirts of Kampala. The books for P5-P7 cover the abridged curriculum for all four subjects, that is; mathematics, English, social studies […]
By Moses Nampala Nothing has been exciting to 17-year-old Esther Namugwa, like the construction of a public secondary school in her community. Buwagogo Seed Secondary School in the remote hilly countryside is one of the four schools which the Government, through the education ministry, has constructed across the Elgon sub-region in eastern Uganda. Elgon sub-region […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in 2022 Dickson Tumuramye The two years of staying with children at home were not so easy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many children had literally dropped out of school; they had forgotten about studies and had now adapted to home life. It was not until […]
By Moses Nampala For a long time, Eria Poli, the headteacher of Budaka Family Help Project Primary School in Budaka district, would notice unusual quietness among girls during lessons. “Performance of girls particularly in upper classes was worsening by the day,” he says. To solve the problem, Poli constituted a team to investigate the matter […]
Dickson Tumuramye Until the recent past, children were raised by both their parents and the community. Parents would sit with their children around a table or fi re and share stories, riddles and songs. This ensured bonding, discussing of family issues and parents would pass on crucial information to their children. This is no longer […]
By George Bita As if in respect to the common adage: the early bird catches the worm; the mobile library is on the move as early as 8:00am. Mounted on a tri-cycle, the book-filled library makes its way across the rural environs of Kagoma county in Jinja district. At several stopover points, eager locals converge […]
A CHANCE TO THRIVE With the ever toughening economic situation, it gets harder for parents and students to study without any hiccups. However, the Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation scholarship Trust brings hope to the less privileged By George Bita Although Dr Simon Peter Angeki made it to university in 2016, the going was not smooth, until […]
By Betty Angatai Over the years, Namayingo district has been grappling with challenges in the education sector, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the fishing communities. A number of children abandoned school to engage in fishing, gold mining and petty businesses. Others drop out due to lack of safe water, poor sanitation facilities, early marriages, […]