This article was first published on the New Vision website on May 4, 2023 By Maria Wamala The Senior Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs, Ephraim Kamuntu, has commended the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) for re-conceptualising the curriculum saying the move will fix the outdated colonial education system that only served the interests of colonialists. […]
This article was first published on the New Vision website on May 4, 2023 By Vision Reporter Victoria University has launched a career readiness and employability programme to nurture students to enter the workforce with knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to a particular career path. The University has unveiled its 2023 Career Ambassador and launched a […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on April 21, 2021 By Agnes Kyotalengeire Kyotera is one of the districts at the border of Uganda and Tanzania, a country that refused to observe the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of COVID-19. What is worrying is that people from Tanzania use […]
Rita Nantongo, Dockside Primary School The largest church in the world is St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Rome, Italy. It took 120 years to build. It is a major pilgrimage site.
How Do Children Feel? This article was first published in Toto Magazine on April 28, 2021 Children have been returning to school in phases. Some are in school and others are yet to report. Dalton Kigozi talked to children who are yet to start regular school again and those already back in school. I really […]
This article was first published in Toto Magazine on April 21, 2021 During the COVID-19 lockdown, Joshua Kizito Luzinda read a story in Toto magazine about children who were rearing rabbits. He got interested and requested his mother to get him rabbits. Kizito was joined by his sister Elizabeth Kabiite and elder brother, James Damulira. […]
Solome Kitaka, Bright Star Primary School The first prime minister of Uganda was Benedicto Kiwanuka. He was the leader of the Democratic Party (DP). In 1961, when DP won the general elections, he became the first prime minister of Uganda. However, his reign did not last long because when the elections were repeated in 1962, […]
Linith Magge, Zigoti Primary School The first national park in Africa is Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was established in 1925 by King Albert of Belgium. It started as Albert National Park, but was renamed Virunga National Park in 1969 to mark Congo’s independence from Belgium.
Gloria Acen, Rima Primary School, Lira The ‘water’ you see in the road on a hot day is caused by what scientists call a “mirage”. When the sun heats the ground, the air just above the road becomes hotter and, therefore, becomes less dense than the air higher up forms a mirage. The mirage is […]
This article was first published in Toto Magazine on April 7, 2021 A six-year-old boy from Kabale district is on a mountain-hiking challenge aimed at raising funds for providing sanitary pads for vulnerable girls in Uganda. Ray Tumuhimbise, commonly known as Little Ray, has set a record in Uganda’s tourism sector as the youngest hiker […]