By Juliet Kasirye Education experts have urged the Government to enact an inclusive education draft policy that allows children with moderate special needs to be enrolled in ordinary schools. Their argument is that if a child has a moderate special need, they needn’t study in specialized schools for learners with severe disabilities. Many schools in […]
(This article was first published on January 11, 2023) By David Lukiiza Fred Muwewesi, the new lower secondary school curriculum project’s co-ordinator at Kigezi High School, says when the curriculum was introduced, the students developed cold feet about it. According to Muwewesi, his students in the Senior One class were not active during their 2:30 […]
By Isaac Nuwagaba As a strategy to help vulnerable, but bright children from poor families access quality education in Ruhaama county, Ntungamo district, old boys and old girls from Butare parish in Ntungamo sub-county have launched the Butare Scholarship Fund (BSF). Senior Commissioner of Police and head of enforcement at the National Drug Authority Samuel […]
(This article was first published on January 20, 2023) By Umar Nsubuga A charitable organization, Humans Care Foundation, has donated computers worth Sh35 million to Queen of Peace secondary school in Nabyewanga, Mpigi district. The school is soon to be turned into a center for computer studies for all secondary students. Martin Mpanga, the executive […]
(This article was first published in Toto Magazine on April 20, 2022) By Mary Kansiime The incoming prefects of Tropical Nursery and Primary School in Najjeera, a Kampala suburb, recently took oath. The day started with prayer led by the Rev. Prossy Namuddu of St Mark Najjeera. Thereafter, the 19 prefects took oath before parents, […]
(This article was first published in the Toto Magazine on April 20, 2022) Over 10 Sir Apollo Kaggwa schools from Kampala and Wakiso districts recently participated in the second round of children’s sports competition. The competitions that are still at qualifier stage have five schools in group A and five in B. Schools in group […]
New Vision compiled institutions where the new ministers studied, from primary school up to first university, to find out which schools gave the nation their harvests. A good school is usually reflected through the successful products. Hilary Bainemigisha and Umar Kashaka analysed the findings on which schools are the most represented. At primary school level, […]
By M.G. Katusabe Ssemwezi Something stood out recently when President Yoweri Museveni announced a new Cabinet; there wasn’t a school that dominated the Cabinet greatly. It was evident that traditional academic giants do not feature on the list of schools of the new ministers. From studies, it has been observed that the reputation of an […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 16, 2021) By Arnest Tumwesige Alice Drichuru is a multi-talented student whose performance in athletics and football earned her an O’level scholarship. While representing Kiryandongo district at regional level in both extra-curricular activities, little did she know that the same would apply in vocational […]
By Conan Businge Muhammed Kamulegeya is a headteacher whose name is synonymous with transformation wherever he goes. In just one year, he has transformed Kitebi Secondary School in Kampala from a day school with about 2,000 students, to a well-fenced institution, with a boarding section in the offing. The school, which has a population of […]