(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 24, 2022) By Umar Nsubuga When Teddy Nassiwa was deployed to head St Maria Goretti Senior Secondary School Katende in Mpigi district in 2018, she was determined to replicate the successes she had achieved in other schools. However, one challenge stood in her way […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Dust rose as pupils walked around the classrooms. The concrete floor had peeled off. The walls were cracked. As the timekeeper rang the bell signalling the start of business at Kasenyi Lyato Primary School in Hoima district, more pupils […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Kellen Owente The UK government has encouraged more Ugandans to apply for its global scholarship programme – Chevening. On August 2, the UK government opened the application round for the Chevening scholarship scheme for the next academic year. More than 1,500 […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Maureen Nakatudde Days after Joseph Mugeni took up his new teaching job at Waitambogwe Secondary School in Mayuge district in 2018, he was taken aback by the fact that many children had dropped out of the institution to work on sugarcane […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Robert Agida When Jilda Awekonimungu, 47, the deputy headteacher at Nebbi Primary School, cultivated a portion of the school’s land allocated to her during the COVID-19 lockdown, she did not know it would become a demonstration garden for learners in the […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By David Lukiiza On her first day as a headteacher at Aggrey Memorial Secondary School in Bunamwaya, Wakiso district in 2019, Robinah Nakagolo was greeted by something she considered strange. The school was not fenced and part of its land had been […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Abdulkarim Ssengendo When Nathan Mugume was deployed to head Mbarara Junior School in 2008, it was fighting seven cases in court. The school had been dragged to court by persons it owed sh236m in unpaid arrears for services they supplied to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 3, 2022) By Adam Gule In 2016, the people in Kei sub-county in Yumbe district demanded a seed secondary school. Instead of waiting for the education ministry to establish one, they were advised by the local leaders to start their own as they lobbied […]
(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 […]