(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 13, 2022) By Andrew Masinde and Arnest Tumwesige For several years, a humanitarian organisation provided lunch to pupils at Namalu Mixed Primary School in Nakapiripirit district. However, when schools reopened early this year, two years after they had been closed to control the spread […]
(This article as first published in the New Vision on July 13, 2022) By Luke Kagiri For several weeks during the COVID-19 lockdown, Immaculate Nassozi, the headteacher of St Joseph’s Secondary School in Mityana district, explored the approaches her school could adopt to keep candidate students learning. One day as she read the New Vision, […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 6, 2022) By Ivan Tsebeni Development partners have commended Uganda for promoting the right to education for boys and girls. They said Government’s decision to promote equal access to education for boys and girls has allowed many children to complete primary education. Linda Aimee […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 6, 2022) By Arnest Tumwesige When a girl and a boy stepped forward after the recorded anthems were played during the assembly, a first-time visitor to Project Shelter Wakadogo would have probably thought the two pupils were going to address the school. But, as […]
(This article was first published on the New Vision website on February 18, 2023) By Hudson Apunyo Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Health Minister who is also a Member of Parliament for Lira City, has supported the best two pupils from each primary school in Lira City. A boy and girl from each school got […]
(This article was first published on the New Vision website on February 17, 2023) By Ritah Mukasa Children need constant counselling and guidance to help them achieve their full potential. Mesharch Katusiimeh, dean faculty of arts and social sciences at Kabale University and director of Rwebiita preparatory school in Sheema district says, aside from academics, […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Arnest Tumwesige Deans of Ugandan medical and dentistry schools have established a forum to improve the quality of teaching by facilitating resource sharing and research. The academics, who formed the forum in Gulu recently, said they will use it to deal […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Ritah Mukasa Standing before a panel of judges, not to receive a prize, but for questioning, can make you weak at the knees. Even with utmost preparation, you can end up panicking. This is what happened recently during the first ever […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 22, 2022) By Ivan Tsebeni and Kellen Owente Nine technical and vocational education training (TVET) institutions and one university will next month start teaching a new programme designed to help farmers produce agricultural goods that meet national and international standards. The programme, agro-processing and […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 15, 2022) From late last term, schools have been holding elections to choose their leaders. In the past, school elections were a simple affair, but today they have been commercialised. There is display of extravagance and a show of money in form of bribes […]