OPINION By Michael Jjingo Our children have been home for nearly two months now and are about to return to school. However, it is not too late to give them challenges and tips that could turn them into entrepreneurs. This could include training and helping put your children’s chosen business idea into practice. There is […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on January 11, 2023) Many children are now online. The UN children’s agency estimates that one in three Internet users globally is a child. While the Internet use brings numerous benefits to your child, it is not risk free. Maureen Nakatudde looks at the ways your […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on February 24, 2021 By Bishop Arnold Muwonge My precious daughter Nakato and my brave son, Waswa, I love you. The moment I held you in my arms, it only took me two seconds to fall completely in love with you. There was no doubt in […]
Faith Mukamanimurungi, Little Angels Primary School Although most snakes have teeth, not all of them have fangs. It is only poisonous snakes which have fangs. A fang is a long, pointed tooth. Animals like dogs, tigers and cats have fangs (pointed canines). In snakes, the fangs have a venom (poison) gland and are hollow. It […]
By Bob Kisiki It gets to a point where hormones take over. It is just nature; we cannot run away from it. What your little girl did not go through two years ago, she is going through now, and what your little boy did not feel last year, he is feeling right now. It is […]
By Bob Kisiki Paula was unwell. She could barely get herself off the bed, yet she needed medicine. So she sent her daughter, 16, to a pharmacy near her home to get the drugs. Since she did not have cash on her, she told the girl to go withdraw money off her phone, before buying […]
By Bob Kisiki The A’level results were out, and Nambi’s son had passed with 16 points. Contrary to expectation based on precedence, they did not expect that the boy would qualify for a government scholarship, so they fell to applying for private courses in all major universities. Yet, when the Makerere University admission lists came […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on March 24, 2021 By Conan Businge A physical therapist from Northeastern University training a child on how to stand at Tunaweza Children Centre, Kiwatule, Kampala, recently. Statistics from the education ministry show that there are 172,864 children with special needs in primary schools, which is […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on March 10, 2021 By Bob Kisiki It really is a matter of priorities, when all’s considered. The kindergarten debate is back, and the views are something to warrant a full study. After the education ministry announced the timeline for the resumption of education institutions, where […]
By Bob Kisiki The debate raged, spanning a surprising fortnight. Oh yes, that’s two weeks of debate which, if you consider, might not be too much, until you discover what the topic was. We debated (on social media and other communication channels), and what we debated was whether a man had the right to raise […]