(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 29, 2022) By Mathias Mazinga His phone buzzed as soon as he switched it on. Steven Musisi, a teacher of mathematics and chemistry at St Mary’s College, Kisubi (SMACK), had just stepped out of the studios of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) television, after delivering […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 22, 2022) By Patrick Okino When Simon Okeng was posted to Acaba Secondary School in Oyam town council, Oyam district in 2014 as the acting headteacher, the school was struggling with low enrolment and poor academic performance. The institution had become a source of […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 22, 2022) She has helped pregnant school girls in Kaberamaido to resume studies By Michael Onyinge Caroline Ajumo did not know that parents in her neighbourhood would send their children to her house when she started teaching her own at home. However, this is […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 22, 2022) By Ivan Tsebeni and Kellen Owente Nine technical and vocational education training (TVET) institutions and one university will next month start teaching a new programme designed to help farmers produce agricultural goods that meet national and international standards. The programme, agro-processing and […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 15, 2022) From late last term, schools have been holding elections to choose their leaders. In the past, school elections were a simple affair, but today they have been commercialised. There is display of extravagance and a show of money in form of bribes […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 15, 2022) He Is Commended For Pacifying The Once Riotous Kisoro-Based School By Stephen Nuwagira Kabindi Secondary School is government-aided and was established in the 1980s. In fact, errant behaviour by staff and students had threatened to lead to the collapse of one of […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 15, 2022) By Jacky Achan Enid Ayebazibwe was her father’s last hope to have a teacher in the family. He yearned for one of his children to follow in their mother’s footsteps. She was a headteacher and he was a politician — a sub-county […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 8, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Edison Opak Rwoth is a Primary Three pupil at Alaka Primary School in Acana sub-county, Nebbi district. He says when schools opened after the COVID-19 lockdown, his parents bought for him one 48-page exercise book for all the subjects. […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on June 8, 2022) 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 8, 2022) By Arnest Tumwesige Deep in Patiko sub-county, Gulu district, pupils in Omoti Primary School learn and revise using tablets. Each class is allocated a day in the week to use the 49 tablets. “I had never held a tablet before I joined […]