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 […]
(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 on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By Godfrey Ojore “If we had learnt of it early enough, our learners would have followed it during the lockdown. As a school, we embrace it wholeheartedly,” Bertha Asekenye, the headteacher of Jeressar High School in Soroti, said. Asekenye said the new curriculum is hands-on and will be more […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By George Bita With the reopening of education institutions, secondary school students have been introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout January, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the curriculum. In the fourth article in the series, George Bita assesses whether schools have enough funds for the curriculum Although competence-based […]
By Augustus Munyandamutsa With a sigh of relief, parents sent their children back to school last week. We hope that the time spent at home was utilised well by both parents and children. It is one not-so stressed fact that many parents do not know much about their children. Most of what they know about […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 19, 2022) By George Bita With the reopening of education institutions, secondary school students have been introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout January, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the curriculum. In the third article of the series, George Bita shines a light on the assessment process of the curriculum The […]