By Cecilia Okoth Makerere University will support its alumni from Rwanda to set up a university in Kigali, according to the university’s vice chancellor, prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. The Makerere University Rwanda Alumni Association (MURWAA) asked the university’s leadership to help them set up a university during a recent dinner in Kigali organised as part of celebrations to […]
Francis Emukule The debate about whether the mode of delivering university education in Uganda needs to change rages on. Many have suggested that the system is outdated because it still lays emphasis on teaching theory and producing job seekers rather than employment creators. They argue that a meaningful university education in a country which is […]
By Andrew Masinde Residents in Bumasikye sub-county in Mbale district have asked the Government to take over a secondary school, which they established in 2013 to serve their community. Before Bumasikye Secondary School was set up, the learners in this community walked over 1o kilometres to get to either Busiu Secondary School or […]
By Patrick Kaboyo On September 6, this year I was joined by Dr Denis Mugimba, the spokesperson of the ministry of education and sports to discuss school fees on Radio One Spectrum show. During the discussion, Mugimba raised a number of policy issues which were unusual to the public. I inquired from him whether the […]
By Melanie Nabukwasi and Mollan Joyce Oliver Nabirye, 22, a blind student at Kyambogo University, was thrown into panic when she learnt that her guide had been taken ill and could not take her to class. “It left a hole in my heart, and with many questions that were not answered,” Nabirye, a first-year student […]
This article was first published in New Vision on January 29, 2014 By Owen Wagabaza Children who go to nursery schools when they are as young as two or three are likely to have up to a year’s head start over those who are exclusively cared for at home, according to research. Experts say early […]
This article was first published in New Vision on January 29, 2014 By Stephen Ssenkaaba Nursery school used to be fun. Not anymore. Children have to be picked up from home at ‘ungodly’ hours, anywhere from 5:00 am to 6:00 am and ferried in vans to school. The regulations are stringent. The little boys and […]
By Stephen Ssenkaaba Train a woman, a nation trained,” significantly reads an ageing signpost in front of Mary Stuart female students’ hall of residence at Makerere University. It loudly tells us why it is important to send girls to school. Appearing before one of the only three women’s hall of residence in a university that […]
This article was first published in New Vision on January 29, 2014 By Deborah Magera Nursery education is referred to as a continual process of human development, physically, socially, emotionally and mentally from the time of conception to the initial stages of formal schooling. During the early years, a child is guided by natural laws […]
By Gloria Nakajubi and Juliet Waiswa Robert Muhangi and Owen Kiiza have master’s degrees and are among the 20 students who benefitted from the 2012/2013 Tullow Group Scholarships. Muhangi did his degree in management sciences and finance at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom whereas Kiiza went for a Master’s of Science degree […]