This article was first published on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 2021 had been anticipated as a year for the education sector recovery. Several plans for reopening had been proposed, from phased reopening, to staggered and later, both. The phased reopening plan had been proposed to manage the multiple cohorts of classes, as well as ensuring […]
By Umar Nsubuga Schools are set to open in January, months after they were closed to manage the spread of COVID-19. For many parents, the reopening comes with both joy and anxiety. Joy, that children will now be actively engaged; and apprehension about meeting the school demands amidst the economic challenges brought about by the […]
This article was first published in December 2021 By David Lukiiza Daniela Adong, a student at Mt St Mary’s College Namagunga, has emerged winner of the Young Africans Writers Contest (YAWC) 2021. Adong beat 850 participants to the prize in September, in the competition organised by the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and the […]
(Published on Wednesday, December 22, 2021) By Vision Reporter The Government is still committed to offering support to academic institutions to ensure that they re-open, according to the state minister for higher education, Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo. Dr Muyingo says the Government has already released funds to schools ahead of the reopening. The minister made […]
Bob Kisiki If there is one thing you cannot deny, it is that we live in a time when loving has taken on new dimensions, and in a society where certain kinds of love are frowned upon. If you visit the one-stop centre of all forms of opinions, attitudes and viewpoints, the Internet – you […]
(Published on Wednesday, December 22, 2021) Apart from introducing authentic learning, the COVID-19 crisis has stepped up online learning By Conan Businge I f there is anything to gain from the COVID-19 pandemic, which left schools closed for almost two years and affecting 15 million learners, it should be the opportunity to change the country’s […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in December 2021 By Bob Kisiki Isn’t all of life cyclic? Birth, growth, death. Morning, afternoon, evening and night. In some parts, you have winter, autumn, spring and summer. You have budding, growth, harvest and sowing afresh. It’s all about cycles. Nobody gets stuck at one […]
(Published Wednesday, December 15, 2021) The university had asked the Government to guarantee its $22m loan By Vision Reporter Amidst the growing demand for more medical personnel in Uganda, attempts to get another medical school still hang in balance. There were plans by Ndejje University to start a medical school this year, had the Government […]
(Published Wednesday, December 15, 2021) By Ritah Mukasa January 10, 2022 has been confirmed as the day for the official opening of schools. Children are warming up to resume physical classes, but there is a group of learners who had just started their education journey in kindergarten when schools closed in March last year. Even […]
(Published Wednesday, December 8, 2021) By George Bita It is midday and the shade of a jackfruit tree is the reliable shelter preventing the scorching sunrays from inconveniencing learners in the middle of a home lesson. The voices of pupils discussing mathematics problems fills the air and blends with sounds of chirping birds perched on […]