(This article was first published in the New Vision on October 5, 2022) By Geofrey Nyamwongera Hawa Kabugho was 18 years old when she was married off by her parents in 1998. Kabugho, who completed Primary Seven in the same year, was denied a chance to progress to secondary school uninterrupted and her right to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 28, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Inside a Senior Four classroom at Mbale Secondary School, Victoria Bagaya, a teacher of English and Literature sits at a desk on a Friday afternoon to take questions from students. One by one, the students raise their hands to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 21, 2022) By Owen Wagabaza In 2013, when Charles Kahigiriza assumed the role of headteacher at Ndejje Secondary School in Luwero district, revamping the institution’s infrastructure was high on his agenda. He believed that this would help improve the learning and teaching environment. Over […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 21, 2022) By Wilson Asiimwe Robinah Kabayaga fell in love with the teaching profession before she started school. Born in the 1970s, she met teachers and admired them because they dressed so smartly that they stood out in her community. Kabayaga developed the belief […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 14, 2022) By Robert Adiga Delightful sounds filled the air at Arua Public Primary School on Monday morning. The children in Primary One classroom passed around a paperboard box containing pieces of cardboard, each bearing a letter, while singing the tune: ‘the box of […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 14, 2022) By Charles Kakamwa It is uncommon for teachers to ask children to assemble for health examinations at Spire Road Primary School in Jinja City. So, when Francis Etyang gathered children at this school to have their ears examined, his fellow teachers and […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 7, 2022) By Francis Emukule and Mary Karugaba Priscilla Karungi, a resident of Nateete, a Kampala suburb, was invited to collect her 11-year-old son from school a week before August 12, when schools officially closed for holidays. The school, located in Kampala, explained to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 7, 2022) By Richard Wetaya Sixteen years ago, when Eddie Ssekyewa joined Gayaza High School, there were only 40 students taking mathematics at A’level. “I was concerned and I wanted to do something that would pay dividends in terms of raising the numbers,” he […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 7, 2022) By Stephen Nuwagira Jolly Mwebaze was posted as deputy headteacher to Kacu Primary School in Rubirizi district at the time when the institution was struggling with low morale among teachers and high cases of learner absenteeism. The teachers had gone without pay […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 31, 2022) By Edward Anyoli Imelda Kyamwanga, a senior lecturer at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology, is concerned about what she calls the unequal attention given to boys and girls. In her book, The Extinction of Mister Daddy: A blind eye we […]