(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 Dickson Tumuramye As a family, we returned to Kampala from the village on December 30, 2021. We reached home at around 9:00pm. We were all tired and our children went to bed immediately after showering. Thirty minutes later, I checked in the boys’ bedroom and found our eight-year-old son still awake. “David, what are […]
Dickson Tumuramye While growing up, life may not be perfect as we may have wish. If it turns pessimistic, you tend to lose heart and almost give up. This affects your self-esteem and confidence. Those who are not ready to face life challenges end up in self-isolation/ rejection, but this should not be the case. […]
Bob Kisiki When we say life has changed, it’s not that we’re saying instead of breathing through the nose, use the mouth and eat through the ears, no. The basics remain, but owing to the way systems die out and others come into play, social roles and how they influence our duties and responsibilities shift […]
Bob Kisiki Go to town, sir, and buy a gorgeous maroon or black or gold or peach or mauve (my arsenal of colours which only women are equipped to know and isolate one from the other has run out) flowing dress and match it with some equally gorgeous shoes. Get a decent clutch bag (your […]
(Published on Wednesday, February 16, 2022) Learners decry cruel teachers, tough restrictions When education institutions reopened last month, parents and other stakeholders were relieved to see learners back in school after almost two years of closure. But it is not business as usual as many anticipated. Learners are complaining that teachers are cruel. Some beat […]
Bob Kisiki When education shifted from the physical classroom for the ordinary Ugandan child, parents and school managers had lots of adjusting to do. People who had never looked at the laptop as something more than that gadget where they do excel spreadsheets for the end-of-month financial records or the staff timesheets, began to learn […]
It is almost a month since learners returned to schools after they were closed in March 2020 to manage the spread of COVID-19. Many students have grown very big and tall after some have become mothers, while others were left behind by fellow students who attended virtual lessons. David Lukiiza talked to experts for coping […]
Bob Kisiki Chances are you are still stuck with your child at home — not because you lack the money to take them back to school, but because they just won’t accept to go back there. They feel that the season passed, and they want to move on to something else. Something more practical. And […]