This article was first published in New Vision in August 2022 Kellen Owente The UK government has encouraged more Ugandans to apply for its global scholarship programme – Chevening. On August 2, the UK government opened the application round for the Chevening scholarship scheme for the next academic year. Over 1,500 individuals across the world […]
By Andrew Masinde Emma Wamutinyi, 15, is both visually and physically impaired. He attends Makhonje Primary School in Mbale district in a wheelchair because he is hopeful that education could give him a better life in the future. But a lack of learning aids for children with special needs at this school hinders […]
By Enock Kibuuka It is now sixty years since Uganda became an independent state. Uganda’s socio-economic landscape has since metamorphosed seismically with political bellicosity and turmoil being a major characteristic, at least for the first thirty years after independence. However, it is worth noting that, out of these sixty years of independence, the National Resistance […]
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 […]
Kellen Owente Fatumah Kiweweesi, 26, dropped out of university in her first year of study in 2018 because her mother failed to raise enough money to continue funding her education. Kiweweesi, who was pursuing a bachelor’s in leisure and hospitality at Makerere University Business School, has over the past five years been working as a […]
Frederick Kiwanuka The state minister for higher education, Chrysestom Muyingo, has urged students to consider joining Bukalasa Agricultural College in Luweero district after upgrading the institution. Muyingo, who visited the institution recently, also urged its administrators to market the college which has been refurbished under a project funded through a World Bank loan to attract […]
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 […]
Francis Emukule The debate about whether the mode of delivering university education in Uganda needs to change rages on. Many have suggested that the system is outdated because it still lays emphasis on teaching theory and producing job seekers rather than employment creators. They argue that a meaningful university education in a country which is […]
By Richard Wetaya Since the 1920s, when the colonial government established technical education in Uganda, several secondary schools and tertiary institutions have been teaching clothing, textile, and leather science. Through the years, students in these courses have learnt the skills for turning textile and leather materials into products that are so essential in our lives […]