By Richard Wetaya Since the 1920s, when the colonial government established technical education in Uganda, several secondary schools and tertiary institutions have been teaching clothing, textile, and leather science. Through the years, students in these courses have learnt the skills for turning textile and leather materials into products that are so essential in our lives […]
By Ibrahim Ruhweza As parents consider picking the kindergartens for their children set to begin school next year, the minister for higher education, Chrysestom Muyingo, has said the Government has developed a plan to guide its “deeper involvement” in the delivery of nursery education. The minister said pre-primary lays a strong foundation for a child […]
By Melanie Nabukwasi and Mollan Joyce Oliver Nabirye, 22, a blind student at Kyambogo University, was thrown into panic when she learnt that her guide had been taken ill and could not take her to class. “It left a hole in my heart, and with many questions that were not answered,” Nabirye, a first-year student […]
By Stephen Nuwagira Lilian Dusingize, 16, moves a lever on a hair clipper back and forth to adjust its blades as another girl sits at the desk in front of her. She combs the girl’s hair forward with a brush with one hand as the other switches on the clipper. She raises the clipper to […]
By Umar Nsubuga and Samuel Lutwama At Kololo Secondary School, officials from the education ministry and teachers watched in awe as the students displayed the products made from local materials. With amazing confidence and precision, the students demonstrated technologies for making kerosene from recycled plastics, using bacteria to make electricity from biodegradable organic matter (microbial fuel cells […]
This article was first published in New Vision on January 29, 2014 By Owen Wagabaza Children who go to nursery schools when they are as young as two or three are likely to have up to a year’s head start over those who are exclusively cared for at home, according to research. Experts say early […]
By Andrew Masinde Learning in kindergartens and nursery schools in the past, was through storytelling, songs and physical exercises. But today, some toddlers hardly understand what is taught in some nursery schools. Therefore, before you enrol your child in that kindergarten, interest yourself in the curriculum they are following. This is because studies have revealed […]
This article was first published in New Vision on January 29, 2014 By Stephen Ssenkaaba Nursery school used to be fun. Not anymore. Children have to be picked up from home at ‘ungodly’ hours, anywhere from 5:00 am to 6:00 am and ferried in vans to school. The regulations are stringent. The little boys and […]
By Stephen Ssenkaaba Train a woman, a nation trained,” significantly reads an ageing signpost in front of Mary Stuart female students’ hall of residence at Makerere University. It loudly tells us why it is important to send girls to school. Appearing before one of the only three women’s hall of residence in a university that […]
This article was first published in New Vision on January 29, 2014 By Deborah Magera Nursery education is referred to as a continual process of human development, physically, socially, emotionally and mentally from the time of conception to the initial stages of formal schooling. During the early years, a child is guided by natural laws […]