(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 17, 2022) By Robert Adiga When Jilda Awekonimungu, 47, the deputy headteacher at Nebbi Primary School, cultivated a portion of the school’s land allocated to her during the COVID-19 lockdown, she did not know it would become a demonstration garden for learners in the […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 4, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Born in 1988, in Bukwo district, Innocent Masanja is a teacher in charge of welfare, farming, medical, first aid and games master, as well as a senior man teacher at Namalu Mixed Primary School in Nakapiripirit district. He started […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 8, 2023) By Andrew Masinde Evelyn Apalat, a teacher at Nagongera Girls Primary School in Tororo district, has dedicated herself to empowering girls. She teaches them life skills such as baking, gardening, general hygiene management and counselling, among others. Apalat started her teaching career […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 1, 2022) By Michael Onyinge Denis Ogwal is the headteacher of Bata Senior Secondary School in Bata town council, Dokolo district. He was transferred to the school in 2020 and his first challenge was poor sanitation. “The boys did not have latrines. One of […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 23, 2022) By Moses Bikala If you have ever been to Butaleja district, you have probably heard of Benah Siminyu. She is the headteacher of Mugulu High School in Busolwe town council. She is hailed for empowering parents with income-generating skills. When she was […]
(This articles was first published in the New Vision on June, 16, 2021) By Olandason Wanyama Creative thinking among learners in Karamoja is key if the sub-region is to transform, a district education official told dozens of teachers who attended a recent media in education training. Williams Abura Iwuala, the Nakapiripirit district education officer in […]
By George Bita Science teachers are about to break away from the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), because of differing opinions on salary rise. Robinson Chepkwurui, who teaches biology and chemistry at Sebei College Tegres in Kapchorwa district, says science teachers are being mobilised to register with a new umbrella body known as the Uganda […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in 2021 Bob Kisiki Let us face it, we cannot say with utmost certainty that we know our children enough to explain where they go and what they do there. No. Before us, they might be the little, innocent angels we want them to be, for […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on November 3, 2021 By Ranell Dickson The outbreak of COVID-19 led to the closure of learning institutions as a measure to stem the spread of the virus. On Monday, universities and other institutions of higher learning reopened. Ranell Dickson Nsereko talked to student leaders on […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 By Henry Nsubuga September 28 will remain a day to remember for Ethan Charles Mufuma. The 13-year-old pupil of Uganda Martyrs Namilyango Junior Boys School won the 2021 junior category of the Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Mufuma’s poem, Okware Our Pandemic […]