(Published Wednesday, December 15, 2021) By Ritah Mukasa January 10, 2022 has been confirmed as the day for the official opening of schools. Children are warming up to resume physical classes, but there is a group of learners who had just started their education journey in kindergarten when schools closed in March last year. Even […]
(Published Wednesday, December 8, 2021) By George Bita It is midday and the shade of a jackfruit tree is the reliable shelter preventing the scorching sunrays from inconveniencing learners in the middle of a home lesson. The voices of pupils discussing mathematics problems fills the air and blends with sounds of chirping birds perched on […]
(Published Wednesday, December 8, 2021) By Nelson Kiva Ahead of the schools reopening in January, parents and authorities have been reminded about the need to aid adolescent mothers to complete school. The appeal was made by development partners over the weekend. This followed a revelation by the gender ministry that teenage pregnancies in some communities […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By Godfrey Ojore “If we had learnt of it early enough, our learners would have followed it during the lockdown. As a school, we embrace it wholeheartedly,” Bertha Asekenye, the headteacher of Jeressar High School in Soroti, said. Asekenye said the new curriculum is hands-on and will be more […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By George Bita With the reopening of education institutions, secondary school students have been introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout January, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the curriculum. In the fourth article in the series, George Bita assesses whether schools have enough funds for the curriculum Although competence-based […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 19, 2022) By Brian Mayanja Ahead of the re-opening of schools last Monday, there was a scramble by many parents to register their children in government-aided institutions in recent weeks, New Vision has learnt. The admission of learners in schools under the universal primary and secondary education programmes started after Government […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 19, 2022) By George Bita With the reopening of education institutions, secondary school students have been introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout January, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the curriculum. In the third article of the series, George Bita shines a light on the assessment process of the curriculum The […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 12, 2022) By Ritah Mukasa As schools re-open this week, thousands of girls are returning as mothers. However, despite their predicament, teenage mums are still children with a right to education. RITAH MUKASA spoke to different stakeholders on how teenage mums should be integrated and sustained in school … Victoria’s Story […]
By Nelson Kiva (Published on Wednesday, January 12, 2022) New Curriculum To Produce Students With Employable Skills With the reopening of education institutions, secondary students are being introduced to a competence-based curriculum. This month, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the new curriculum. In the second article in the series, Nelson Kiva explores the roles […]
By Umar Nsubuga (Published on Wednesday, January 5, 2022) Schools are set to reopen next week for all classes after being closed for several months. Umar Nsubuga interviewed a cross-section of parents to find out how ready they are for schools reopening. Gnatius Katto, Businessman In Isingiro District I have two children and I had […]