By Patrick Kibirango Two schools recently bought Vision Group’s new curriculum textbooks worth sh1m. These are St Lucia Learning Centre in Wabigalo, Mityana district and Kikulu Primary School and Kindergarten in Kisaasi on the outskirts of Kampala. The books for P5-P7 cover the abridged curriculum for all four subjects, that is; mathematics, English, social studies […]
By Moses Nampala Nothing has been exciting to 17-year-old Esther Namugwa, like the construction of a public secondary school in her community. Buwagogo Seed Secondary School in the remote hilly countryside is one of the four schools which the Government, through the education ministry, has constructed across the Elgon sub-region in eastern Uganda. Elgon sub-region […]
By Moses Nampala For a long time, Eria Poli, the headteacher of Budaka Family Help Project Primary School in Budaka district, would notice unusual quietness among girls during lessons. “Performance of girls particularly in upper classes was worsening by the day,” he says. To solve the problem, Poli constituted a team to investigate the matter […]
By Betty Angatai Over the years, Namayingo district has been grappling with challenges in the education sector, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in the fishing communities. A number of children abandoned school to engage in fishing, gold mining and petty businesses. Others drop out due to lack of safe water, poor sanitation facilities, early marriages, […]
By John Eremu and Esther Arinaitwe Teachers should take the lead in mindset change in Karamoja by emphasising peaceful co-existence and the dangers of cattle rustling, the Moroto district secretary for education and social services has said. “You are leaders in your own right,” Cosmas Ayepa said on Friday during a New Vision Newspapers in […]
By Nelson Kiva The new lower secondary curriculum is already making a noticeable difference in skills development in schools that have fully embraced it. Alvine Augustine Ggali, a student at Our Lady of Good Counsel Secondary School Gayaza in Wakiso district, says he is benefiting from the new curriculum. “I did not know how to […]
By Maureen Nakatudde Her friends encouraged her to get a boyfriend, but 14-year-old Shakira (not her real name) was nervous about the idea. Yet she felt odd among her friends at a secondary school in Mayuge district because they all had boyfriends. So, in 2020, a friend introduced to her a 25-year-old man, who lured […]
Ritah Mukasa and Ibrahim Ruhweza Kennedy Owamazima did not know he had leadership potential when he joined Makerere Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in 2019. All he was preoccupied with was passing the university exams. He had not performed to the expectations of his parents at A’ level, and they had threatened to stop funding […]
Patrick Kaboyo The book of Second Peter reminds us to add, double and multiply our blessings. This reminder is specific to Christians and generally to every reader of the Holy Book. This message is not only a Biblical call to mankind for spiritual nourishment, but for application to varied contexts as well. Kindness and love […]
A day before my classmates and I sat for Primary Leaving Examinations at a school in Kanungu district in 1966, the headmaster gathered us for a final briefing. The headmaster’s main point was to remind us to report to school at 7:00 am the following day. For me, that was a tall order because my […]