(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By Richard Wetaya Seventy-year-old Anna missed the chance to attain adult literacy skills when she was a child because her father insisted that she works the fields rather than attend school. But this grandmother of seven and a resident of Kirungu village […]
By John Odyek Many Ugandan parents want their children to excel in academics. Oftentimes, they reach out to the teachers to find out how their children are progressing with their studies. Yet some of these parents live with their children in homes which do not have study facilities to encourage the kids to read and do assignments […]
By George Bita As if in respect to the common adage: the early bird catches the worm; the mobile library is on the move as early as 8:00am. Mounted on a tri-cycle, the book-filled library makes its way across the rural environs of Kagoma county in Jinja district. At several stopover points, eager locals converge […]