(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 7, 2022) By Francis Emukule and Mary Karugaba Priscilla Karungi, a resident of Nateete, a Kampala suburb, was invited to collect her 11-year-old son from school a week before August 12, when schools officially closed for holidays. The school, located in Kampala, explained to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 7, 2022) By Richard Wetaya Sixteen years ago, when Eddie Ssekyewa joined Gayaza High School, there were only 40 students taking mathematics at A’level. “I was concerned and I wanted to do something that would pay dividends in terms of raising the numbers,” he […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on September 7, 2022) By Stephen Nuwagira Jolly Mwebaze was posted as deputy headteacher to Kacu Primary School in Rubirizi district at the time when the institution was struggling with low morale among teachers and high cases of learner absenteeism. The teachers had gone without pay […]
(This article was first published in Toto Magazine on September 7, 2022) By Jovita Mirembe St. Philomena Junior School in Kasangati Wakiso district, held its prayer day recently. The parish priest of Gayaza, the Rev Fr. Jude Makanga, was the main celebrant. He encouraged children to always forgive those who do wrong to them. The […]
(This article was first published in Toto Magazine on September 7, 2022) By Jovita Mirembe Thirteen-year-old Derrick Luwemba is a Senior One student at Naalya Secondary School in Namugongo. He runs a hardware store during the holidays. It is located in Kiwanga in Mukono district, supplying cement, iron bars, nails, paint and other items for […]
(This article was first published in Toto Magazine on August 3, 2022) By Ritah Mukasa The swearing-in ceremony of St. Elizabeth Montessori in Mukono district featured in Toto magazine recently. It was the first time for the school to appear in the magazine. Teachers, parents and children were excited. The pictures tell it all.
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By David Lukiiza On her first day as a headteacher at Aggrey Memorial Secondary School in Bunamwaya, Wakiso district in 2019, Robinah Nakagolo was greeted by something she considered strange. The school was not fenced and part of its land had been […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Abdulkarim Ssengendo When Nathan Mugume was deployed to head Mbarara Junior School in 2008, it was fighting seven cases in court. The school had been dragged to court by persons it owed sh236m in unpaid arrears for services they supplied to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Ritah Mukasa Standing before a panel of judges, not to receive a prize, but for questioning, can make you weak at the knees. Even with utmost preparation, you can end up panicking. This is what happened recently during the first ever […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Abdulkarim Ssengendo When President Yoweri Museveni closed the schools in March 2019 to contain the coronavirus disease, Brenda Asiimwe, a teacher of English and literature at Nyakayojo Secondary School in Mbarara City, thought they would probably reopen after a few weeks. […]