(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Robert Agida When Jilda Awekonimungu, 47, the deputy headteacher at Nebbi Primary School, cultivated a portion of the school’s land allocated to her during the COVID-19 lockdown, she did not know it would become a demonstration garden for learners in the […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By David Lukiiza On her first day as a headteacher at Aggrey Memorial Secondary School in Bunamwaya, Wakiso district in 2019, Robinah Nakagolo was greeted by something she considered strange. The school was not fenced and part of its land had been […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 10, 2022) By Abdulkarim Ssengendo When Nathan Mugume was deployed to head Mbarara Junior School in 2008, it was fighting seven cases in court. The school had been dragged to court by persons it owed sh236m in unpaid arrears for services they supplied to […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 3, 2022) By Adam Gule In 2016, the people in Kei sub-county in Yumbe district demanded a seed secondary school. Instead of waiting for the education ministry to establish one, they were advised by the local leaders to start their own as they lobbied […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on August 3, 2022) By Michael Onyinge Days after the Government lifted the stay-at-home restrictions, two girls showed up at Lwala Girls’ Primary School in Kalaki district with an urgent need. They had used up the sanitary products they carried with them back home when the […]
(This article was published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Umar Nsubuga When Abdul Kabugu was appointed to head Sayidina Abubaker Secondary School in Mpigi district in 2018, the student population had dwindled. Although the student population oscillated between 280 and 350 for several years, by the time Kabugo took over, it […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 27, 2022) By Wilson Asiimwe In Kigorobya sub county–an area inhabited by diverse ethnic communities involved in fishing and farming activities, keeping a girl child in school is a challenge. In this rural community in Hoima district, harmful cultural beliefs and stereotypes that perpetuate […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By Andrew Masinde In 2017, Harriet Kintho, a teacher of English and Social Studies, entered the Primary One classroom at Ramogi Primary School to deliver her lesson. But as she wrote the content of her lesson on the blackboard for the pupils […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 20, 2022) By George Bita A few days after his deployment to Namadope Primary School in Luuka district as the headteacher in 2019, Fredrick Balikoowa studied the school’s pupil records, going back a couple of years. He noticed that at least four girls dropped […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 13, 2022) By Stephen Nuwagira When Oscar Ntwatwa assumed the role of the headteacher at Rwamwanja Secondary School in Kamwenge district, parents told him the school had “lost direction”. The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and the school’s board of governors told him that many parents […]