This article was first published in the New Vision on January 27, 2021 Despite deaths of learners due to lightning strikes, most schools in the country remain without arresters The rainy season that is usually characterised by lightning strikes will begin in one or two months’ time. Over the years, Uganda has lost learners to […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on March 10, 2021 By Bob Kisiki It really is a matter of priorities, when all’s considered. The kindergarten debate is back, and the views are something to warrant a full study. After the education ministry announced the timeline for the resumption of education institutions, where […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on April 21, 2021 By Agnes Kyotalengeire Kyotera is one of the districts at the border of Uganda and Tanzania, a country that refused to observe the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of COVID-19. What is worrying is that people from Tanzania use […]
This article was first published on the New Vision website on April 26, 2023 By Charles Etukuri and Pascal Kwesiga When Phyllis Nambuva started her schooling journey at Buhugu Primary School in Sironko district in 2016, there were 151 pupils in her primary one class. But some of her classmates did not progress with her […]
This article was first published in the New Vision on December 21, 2022 By Andrew Masinde A path that leads to Namalu Mixed Primary School in Nakapiripirit district, Karamoja sub-region, runs beside clusters of ramshackle houses. These decrepit structures inhabited by several families here are built close to one another, making this place near the […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on December 7, 2022) The right time to disclose to Josephine Asiimwe (not real name) her HIV-positive status was in 2016, when she turned 10 years old. Asiimwe and her mother had had their blood samples taken for an HIV test months earlier, but the results […]
This article was published on the New Vision website on April 6, 2023 By Peter Abaanabasazi Pupils, parents and teachers at St Peter Kigaya BCS Primary School in Buhimba town council have a reason to smile after Kikuube district local government gave the dilapidated school structures a facelift. The renovation of the seven-classroom block funded […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Andrew Masinde Dust rose as pupils walked around the classrooms. The concrete floor had peeled off. The walls were cracked. As the timekeeper rang the bell signalling the start of business at Kasenyi Lyato Primary School in Hoima district, more pupils […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 6, 2022) By Arnest Tumwesige When a girl and a boy stepped forward after the recorded anthems were played during the assembly, a first-time visitor to Project Shelter Wakadogo would have probably thought the two pupils were going to address the school. But, as […]
(This article was first published in Toto Magazine on July 13, 2022) Lawrence Mulondo covered the event. Sharing is caring Children at Kids Kingdom Kindergarten in Buddo, Wakiso district held a Sharing Day recently. The theme of the day was; Lets Go Green: ‘Food and Nutrition’. Children were smartly dressed in green attire. They carried […]