(This article was first published on the New Vision site on February 6, 2023) By Henry Sekanjako The Deputy Speaker of Parliament has asked the minister of education and sports to table before the House, a statement explaining the performance of learners with special needs. In his communication to the House on Wednesday, Thomas Tayebwa […]
(This article was first published in the New Vision on January 30, 2023) By Charles Etukuri Jemimah Nabukeera Nyaketcho sat her Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) exams in pain, having undergone a series of operations at CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital following a nasty bus accident on the Gulu Highway while she was six years of age. A […]
(This article was first published on January 12, 2023) By Douglas Mubiru SOROTI – Soroti district leaders have lauded Rose Academies, a charitable organization, for skilling youth and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The remarks were Tuesday (January 10, 2023) made as 126 organisation’s students at Gweri village, Gweri sub-county in Soroti district graduated and received certificates […]
By Juliet Kasirye Education experts have urged the Government to enact an inclusive education draft policy that allows children with moderate special needs to be enrolled in ordinary schools. Their argument is that if a child has a moderate special need, they needn’t study in specialized schools for learners with severe disabilities. Many schools in […]
By George Bita Ever since schools closed in March last year, twins Bright Tenywa and Herman Waiswa have never received any braille learning material as promised by the Government. The two deafblind pupils of Buckley High School in Iganga district went back home to Mafubira, Jinja district when the schools were closed following the outbreak […]
By Carol K. Adii October 25 was the World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines spina bifida as a congenital anomaly where the spinal column does not develop normally during the first weeks of pregnancy. This causes permanent damage to the spinal cord and nervous system, and […]
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 […]
(Published on Wednesday, February 23, 2022) In A Class Of Her Own Anna Sharifa Damba By Maureen Nakatudde When you look at her petite slender figure, one could easily mistake her for a high school student. Meet Anna Sharifa Damba, who attained a PhD in 2020 at the age of 27. Besides enjoying studying sciences, […]
By Melanie Nabukwasi and Mollan Joyce Oliver Nabirye, 22, a blind student at Kyambogo University, was thrown into panic when she learnt that her guide had been taken ill and could not take her to class. “It left a hole in my heart, and with many questions that were not answered,” Nabirye, a first-year student […]