(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 13, 2022) By Patrick Okino At the peak of COVID-19, Jane Obeny, the headteacher of Agwatta Secondary School in Dokolo district, was disturbed, as a professional teacher, by the impact of the pandemic on learners, especially girls. The situation prompted her to partner with […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 30, 2022) By Moses Bikala Basan Muhamed Khan was transferred to Hindocha Primary School in Bugiri in 2016. The school that was founded in 1972 had only 589 pupils at the time. He started holding regular meetings with parents to discuss how the academic […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on March 30, 2022) By George Bita When Catherine Alibamwenze started teaching at Minani Primary School 12 years ago, there were limited structures and girls lacked water to wash up during menstruation. However, thanks to her association with foreign donors, all that has changed at the […]
(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 article was first published in the New Vision on March 23, 2022) By Moses Bikala When Ham Mugema was posted to Nakalama Secondary School in 2014, he realised that the lack of lunch, indiscipline by the learners and poor teacher welfare, were responsible for the poor performance of the pupils. The school had last […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 11, 2022) By Tom Gwebayanga At Kamuli Girls’ Boarding Primary School in Kamuli Municipality, Kamuli district, one is welcomed by a talking compound, dotted with signposts of encouraging messages. The headteacher, Joy Kasana Muwanika, 50, is among the first three people the girls meet […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on May 11, 2022) By Stephen Nuwagira When Elias Katumire was posted to Biguli Secondary School in Kamwenge in 2009, his colleagues discouraged him from taking up the job. “It is better to remain a teacher than go to a hard-to-reach school,” Katumire recalls one of […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 6, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Standing in the middle of the Primary One classroom, Teddy Nambuya is holding cardboard placards of the alphabet and the pupils repeat after her. She instructs the pupils to write the letters in their exercise books, after which she […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on April 6, 2022) By George Bita For the two years Eliphaz Opolot has been headteacher at Ngora High School in Ngora district, the institution boasts new buildings with girls’ washrooms plus excellence in sports. John Omadi, the deputy headteacher in charge of academics, says the […]
(This article was first published on the New Vision site on February 6, 2023) By Henry Sekanjako The Deputy Speaker of Parliament has asked the minister of education and sports to table before the House, a statement explaining the performance of learners with special needs. In his communication to the House on Wednesday, Thomas Tayebwa […]