By George Bita Although international schools based in Africa are very expensive, one wonders whether the situation is any better on other continents. According to research done by the International Schools Database for 2021, four countries monopolise the list of the top 10 most expensive cities as far as international schooling is concerned worldwide. For […]
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 […]
(Published on Wednesday, February 9, 2022) By Godfrey Ojore From studying under tree shades and makeshift structures, pupils of Ajoba Primary School did not have hope that the situation would change. Since the establishment of the school in 2003, it has grappled with the challenge of limited classrooms to facilitate smooth learning. “During the rainy […]
Presidential pledge for help still undelivered for 13 years (Published on Wednesday, February 9, 2022) By Moses Nampala When the wanainchi living in hard-to-reach ridges of Mt Elgon in Mbale district hosted President Yoweri Museveni on August 14, 2008, among the most critical challenges they presented to him was the lack of a Government-aided secondary […]
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 […]
By Moses Nampala Nothing has been exciting to 17-year-old Esther Namugwa, like the construction of a public secondary school in her community. Buwagogo Seed Secondary School in the remote hilly countryside is one of the four schools which the Government, through the education ministry, has constructed across the Elgon sub-region in eastern Uganda. Elgon sub-region […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in 2022 Dickson Tumuramye The two years of staying with children at home were not so easy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many children had literally dropped out of school; they had forgotten about studies and had now adapted to home life. It was not until […]
By Moses Nampala For a long time, Eria Poli, the headteacher of Budaka Family Help Project Primary School in Budaka district, would notice unusual quietness among girls during lessons. “Performance of girls particularly in upper classes was worsening by the day,” he says. To solve the problem, Poli constituted a team to investigate the matter […]
By George Bita As if in respect to the common adage: the early bird catches the worm; the mobile library is on the move as early as 8:00am. Mounted on a tri-cycle, the book-filled library makes its way across the rural environs of Kagoma county in Jinja district. At several stopover points, eager locals converge […]
A CHANCE TO THRIVE With the ever toughening economic situation, it gets harder for parents and students to study without any hiccups. However, the Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation scholarship Trust brings hope to the less privileged By George Bita Although Dr Simon Peter Angeki made it to university in 2016, the going was not smooth, until […]