(This article was first published on the New Vision website on March 4, 2023) By Ivan Tsebeni Over the last few decades, research and innovation growth in Uganda has become increasingly concentrated in the nation’s institutions of higher learning. Since 2010, Uganda’s university students and researchers have been responsible for fully two-thirds of all inventive […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 3, 2022) By Ibrahim Ruhweza In 2019, 14-year-old Jessica (not real name), dropped out of Kitebi Secondary School in Kampala on realisisng that she was pregnant. When that happened, little did the school know that it would lose many other girls to pregnancy soon […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Ivan Tsebeni Students in various schools around the country have developed several products since education institutions reopened early this year. For instance, a group of students at Caltec Academy in Makerere, a city suburb, led by Esther Nantongo, a Senior Two […]
By Pascal Kwesiga and Carol Kasujja For 22 months, schools in Uganda were closed. It was the longest school closure and its impacts might be felt for the long haul. From schools that were too broke to reopen in January 2022 and teachers who lost jobs to children who could not return to school due […]
By Kellen Owente School head teachers have said the first New Vision Education Expo, which begins this Friday, will help revive the sector. The expo, which will run from January 27 to 29 at the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Nakawa, Kampala, comes a year after schools reopened following a two-year COVID-19-triggered […]
By Kellen Owente It is common for one to complete university without an idea of where to find a job. This is, in part, due to the fact that many students do not get exposed to job opportunities while still in school. But the first New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday, seeks to […]
By Kellen Owente Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) has endorsed New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday. Describing it as a timely intervention, Filbert Baguma, the UNATU general secretary, says now is the best time to discuss key issues in the education sector and share knowledge and experiences to improve the industry. The […]
By Martin Kitubi The acting head of the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT), Patrick Byakatonda, has urged parents and students to attend the New Vision Education Expo, which starts this Friday. He says the expo will help you better understand the lower secondary curriculum and the opportunities in vocational training. The education is planned to take place […]
(This article was first published on January 12, 2023) By Kellen Owente Five Ugandan universities are expected to represent the country at the Africa Regional Finals of the Huawei Information and Communications Technology competition 2022/2023. The five universities will field three students each. The universities include Gulu, Kabale, Makerere and Kyambogo, which will compete in […]
By Pascal Kwesiga and Nelson Kiva If you are a parent or a guardian, you will know that a lot of research goes into finding the right school for your child. You browse schools’ websites and seek recommendations from friends to get the most suitable school for your child. But none of these is better […]