By Betty Angatai Over the years, Namayingo district has been grappling with challenges in the education sector, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the fishing communities. A number of children abandoned school to engage in fishing, gold mining and petty businesses. Others drop out due to lack of safe water, poor sanitation facilities, early marriages, […]
By Nelson Kiva The new lower secondary curriculum is already making a noticeable difference in skills development in schools that have fully embraced it. Alvine Augustine Ggali, a student at Our Lady of Good Counsel Secondary School Gayaza in Wakiso district, says he is benefiting from the new curriculum. “I did not know how to […]
Money. Doesn’t it speak for itself? Does it need any further introduction? It is the reason millions wake up at the proverbial crack of dawn and go to work in factories, offices, gardens and elsewhere. It is the reason some marry the people they marry; and the reason many leave their marriages. It is what […]
By Martin Kitubi The Japanese government has announced a new scholarship programme as part of celebrations to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations with Uganda. The programme, according to Japan, targets Ugandans who are seeking to build careers in tourism and hospitality industries. In a May 12 call for applications under the new scheme, the […]
I arrived at the school where I was reporting for Senior One on a weekend. Those were the days when weekends were not used for “normal” classes as is the case in many “powerful” schools today. Children were supposed first of all to clean their community, do personal administration and then have breakfast. That was […]
The writer is a parenting counsellor and professional teacher It’s one thing finding your children at war; it’s a totally different thing hearing one of them yell at the other, “I will kill you!” So, when my cousin heard her 14-year-old son scream that above to his 16-year-old sister’s wails, she dropped the laptop bag […]
The staggered beginning of term is upon us yet again. Staggered in the sense that, unlike in the past where all schools opened on the same day, creating a melee on the road that stretched into the night, and distracting business the entire day, now different schools open on different days, which lends some sanity […]
By Titus Kakembo If you dropped out of school after Senior Four and would like to get skilled in a vocational course of your choice, here is an opportunity. Busitema University and Stanbic Bank have developed a new scholarship scheme called the skills enhancement programme to train young people in vocational courses such as mechanics, bricklaying, […]
By Patrick Kaboyo Uganda has recently introduced new policies in the education sector. Some of these policies include the new lower secondary school curriculum, the National Teacher Policy and the Technical Vocational Education and Training Policy, among others. However, while the country’s education policy reform has largely been previously championed by teachers, many of these […]
Ritah Mukasa and Ibrahim Ruhweza Kennedy Owamazima did not know he had leadership potential when he joined Makerere Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in 2019. All he was preoccupied with was passing the university exams. He had not performed to the expectations of his parents at A’ level, and they had threatened to stop funding […]