By John Masaba Over 5,000 students are set to benefit from a skills partnership program between Ugandan universities and Chinese firm, Uhome Ltd. Under the deal announced last week, the program will commence with Makerere University Business (MUBS) and Uganda Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) before cascading to at least 30 other institutions in years […]
GULU – Former Prime Minister Dr. Livingstone Ruhukana Rugunda is the new Gulu University Chancellor following his installation on Friday (February 24) Morning by Vice President Jessica Alupo. Rugunda effectively becomes the third Chancellor of the Public University located in Gulu City. He was appointed Chancellor by President Yoweri Museveni in November last year to replace […]
Education | AID | Mrs. Museveni KAMPALA – The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has welcomed an offer made by Finn Church Aid (FCA) to have Finnish Education Technical Experts support the on-going work of the Education Policy Review Commission in Uganda. According to Finn Church Aid’s arrangement, it will second two finish education […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) Compiled by Titus Kakembo, Denis Nsubuga and Ivan Tsebeni Lively scenes of students performing poems, traditional dances and glowing tributes characterised an event held to mark the belated birthday of celebrated author Timothy Wangusa — the first Ugandan to get a PhD […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Ivan Tsebeni Students in various schools around the country have developed several products since education institutions reopened early this year. For instance, a group of students at Caltec Academy in Makerere, a city suburb, led by Esther Nantongo, a Senior Two […]
(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 […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Wilson Asiimwe In Kigorobya sub county–an area inhabited by diverse ethnic communities involved in fishing and farming activities, keeping a girl child in school is a challenge. In this rural community in Hoima district, harmful cultural beliefs and stereotypes that perpetuate […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By Richard Wetaya Seventy-year-old Anna missed the chance to attain adult literacy skills when she was a child because her father insisted that she works the fields rather than attend school. But this grandmother of seven and a resident of Kirungu village […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By Andrew Masinde In 2017, Harriet Kintho, a teacher of English and Social Studies, entered the Primary One classroom at Ramogi Primary School to deliver her lesson. But as she wrote the content of her lesson on the blackboard for the pupils […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By George Bita A few days after his deployment to Namadope Primary School in Luuka district as the headteacher in 2019, Fredrick Balikoowa studied the school’s pupil records, going back a couple of years. He noticed that at least four girls dropped […]