By Conan Businge Muhammed Kamulegeya is a headteacher whose name is synonymous with transformation wherever he goes. In just one year, he has transformed Kitebi Secondary School in Kampala from a day school with about 2,000 students, to a well-fenced institution, with a boarding section in the offing. The school, which has a population of […]
(This articles was first published in the New Vision on June, 16, 2021) By Olandason Wanyama Creative thinking among learners in Karamoja is key if the sub-region is to transform, a district education official told dozens of teachers who attended a recent media in education training. Williams Abura Iwuala, the Nakapiripirit district education officer in […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on July 21, 2021) By Conan Busingye Even as the country remains under a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents have already started scouting for schools on phone and online. Some of private schools, which are not part of the Joint Admission Board, have already […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper on May 7, 2014 I have been compelled to write this article because of the continued demonisation of teachers, orchestrated by some people claiming to be their representatives or who care more for them. The debate on the plight of the teachers has largely hinged on […]
(This articles was first published in the New Vision on July 7, 2021) By Conan Businge The name Kyambogo College is synonymous with Ann Mary Lubanga. She joined the school as a teacher in 1993 and left it in 2013 as a headteacher. She was a giant in the education sector and like her husband […]
By Conan Businge Aptech Computer Education, a tertiary institution which was established in 2000, has closed operations following a decision by the institution’s governing body. The decision was endorsed by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). The premises of the closed institution will now be taken over by ISBAT University. New Vision has learnt […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on 11th August 2021) By Conan Businge Mwalimu has ranked schools at the Government scholarship entry level and at the entry of Makerere University, which always takes the lion’s share of private admissions because of its capacity and various other factors. Based on last year’s analysis, […]
By Conan Businge Nowadays, for any pupils passing above aggregate 6, parents begin to worry if they will get a place in any top school in the country. This is because the competition for places in such schools is usually high. A case in point is in the last Primary Leaving Examinations, where 9,399 students […]
By George Bita Ever since the first COVID-19 lockdown of March 2020, lower primary school teachers have not been teaching. According to Sr Winifred Nankya, the headteacher of St Francis Nakavule Nursery School in Iganga municipality, her staff of over 30 teachers have not been earning wages. “Their salary comes from parents’ contributions. We are […]
By Vision Reporters You probably skipped a rope made from dry banana fibres or played with a toy or a football fashioned from the same material. But your teachers did not use teaching aids made from locally available materials like banana fibres to teach you perhaps because there were enough standard learning tools in your […]