(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 11, 2022) By Tom Gwebayanga At Kamuli Girls’ Boarding Primary School in Kamuli Municipality, Kamuli district, one is welcomed by a talking compound, dotted with signposts of encouraging messages. The headteacher, Joy Kasana Muwanika, 50, is among the first three people the girls meet […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 11, 2022) By Stephen Nuwagira When Elias Katumire was posted to Biguli Secondary School in Kamwenge in 2009, his colleagues discouraged him from taking up the job. “It is better to remain a teacher than go to a hard-to-reach school,” Katumire recalls one of […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 6, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Standing in the middle of the Primary One classroom, Teddy Nambuya is holding cardboard placards of the alphabet and the pupils repeat after her. She instructs the pupils to write the letters in their exercise books, after which she […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 6, 2022) By George Bita For the two years Eliphaz Opolot has been headteacher at Ngora High School in Ngora district, the institution boasts new buildings with girls’ washrooms plus excellence in sports. John Omadi, the deputy headteacher in charge of academics, says the […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 4, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Born in 1988, in Bukwo district, Innocent Masanja is a teacher in charge of welfare, farming, medical, first aid and games master, as well as a senior man teacher at Namalu Mixed Primary School in Nakapiripirit district. He started […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 4, 2022) Jasper Twubahe is passionate about educating girls; Innocent Masanja changes lives for Nakapiripirit pupils Every Wednesday, New Vision will be profiling some of Uganda’s teachers who are making a difference at their work stations, under the Teachers Making a Difference project. The […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on June 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 April 27, 2022 By Andrew Masinde Robert Simiu Chemuku is the headteacher of Longalom Primary School in Lonalom village, Lokopo sub-county in Napak district. The 46-year-old was born in Amudat district. He studied at Ndakaru Primary School, Kyesamisi High School and Moroto Core Primary Teachers […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on September 28, 2022 By Patrick Okino Lango College in Lira, formerly one of the best-performing academic institutions in the country, had only 260 students when Sammy Okino was deployed to head it in 2017. It was common for the students to miss classes and sneak […]
This article was first published in the new Vision on June 8, 2022 By Arnest Tumwesige Deep in Patiko sub-county, Gulu district, pupils in Omoti Primary School learn and revise using tablets. Each class is allocated a day in the week to use the 49 tablets. “I had never held a tablet before I joined […]