(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 3, 2022) By Michael Onyinge Days after the Government lifted the stay-at-home restrictions, two girls showed up at Lwala Girls’ Primary School in Kalaki district with an urgent need. They had used up the sanitary products they carried with them back home when the […]
(This article was published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Umar Nsubuga When Abdul Kabugu was appointed to head Sayidina Abubaker Secondary School in Mpigi district in 2018, the student population had dwindled. Although the student population oscillated between 280 and 350 for several years, by the time Kabugo took over, it […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Wilson Asiimwe In Kigorobya sub county–an area inhabited by diverse ethnic communities involved in fishing and farming activities, keeping a girl child in school is a challenge. In this rural community in Hoima district, harmful cultural beliefs and stereotypes that perpetuate […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By Andrew Masinde In 2017, Harriet Kintho, a teacher of English and Social Studies, entered the Primary One classroom at Ramogi Primary School to deliver her lesson. But as she wrote the content of her lesson on the blackboard for the pupils […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By George Bita A few days after his deployment to Namadope Primary School in Luuka district as the headteacher in 2019, Fredrick Balikoowa studied the school’s pupil records, going back a couple of years. He noticed that at least four girls dropped […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 13, 2022) By Stephen Nuwagira When Oscar Ntwatwa assumed the role of the headteacher at Rwamwanja Secondary School in Kamwenge district, parents told him the school had “lost direction”. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and the school’s board of governors told him that many parents […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 6, 2022) By Patrick Okino When Rose Nakwagala was deployed to St Katherine Girls’ Secondary School in Lira district as headteacher in 2014, she noticed that many students did not have vocational skills. So she decided to submit proposals to local and international non-government […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Abdulkarim Ssengendo When President Yoweri Museveni closed the schools in March 2019 to contain the coronavirus disease, Brenda Asiimwe, a teacher of English and literature at Nyakayojo Secondary School in Mbarara City, thought they would probably reopen after a few weeks. […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Mathias Mazinga His phone buzzed as soon as he switched it on. Steven Musisi, a teacher of mathematics and chemistry at St Mary’s College, Kisubi (SMACK), had just stepped out of the studios of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) television, after delivering […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 22, 2022) By Patrick Okino When Simon Okeng was posted to Acaba Secondary School in Oyam town council, Oyam district in 2014 as the acting headteacher, the school was struggling with low enrolment and poor academic performance. The institution had become a source of […]