By David Lukiiza Parents from about 40 schools across the country have been advised on educating girls. Speaking at the launch ahead of the celebration of Mother Kevin’s Legacy at St. Joseph Secondary School, Nsambya, on Saturday, Annet Mpuga, who was the chief guest, advised parents to emulate Mother Kevin’s bequest instead of marrying them […]
(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 January 29, 2023) By Kellen Owente The first ever New Vision Education Expo ended on a high on Sunday with one of the training sessions on early childhood development and education. The three-day expo got under way on Friday at the Uganda Institute of Information […]
By Ibrahim Ruhweza and Kellen Owente Dressed in a blue Busoga College Mwiri T-shirt and a black cap over his head to protect him from Kampala’s scorching sun, Rayan Mulongo walked into the New Vision education Expo with lots of expectations. An excited Mulongo said he saw the expo advert on Bukedde TV talking about […]
By Bob Kisiki I was hunched over my laptop when my son’s voice came from the other side of the door. “Excuse me daddy, may I come in?” I asked him to enter the bedroom where I was working. When he opened the door, he rushed at me, fell on his knees and wound his […]
By Herbert Musoke In the 1990s, Kasawo Public Primary School was a source of pride in Mukono district. Its pupils – the girls donning blue dresses and the boys black trousers and blue shirts –marched with their heads high to Kigayaza Hill where this school sits. Many children in Kasawo sub-county, where it is found, […]
By Bob G. Kisiki Our children are caught up in the land between two epochs. They have gone to school at a time when the era careers were mostly defined by what one studied at college or university is coming to a close, and the one when what one pursued the whole of their life […]
Bob G. Kisiki You know that it’s possible to just give up! Very easy. Throw in the towel and say, to hell! I’ve had it! Because there’s every reason for a parent to get to that level. The scenarios are various; all horrendous. It’s the reason parents have hacked or burnt or maimed their own […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in October 2022 Bob G. Kisiki Senior Four candidates started writing exams this week, and Primary Seven and Senior Six learners will sit theirs in less than a month’s time. The pressure is mounting; not just for the candidates themselves, but also for their teachers (who […]
(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 […]