Tag Archives: School

  COMMENT | INNOCENT NAHABWE |  Today (October 5) is a special day: World Teachers’ Day. As a child of teachers, this one is personal. Recently, I took my mum to hospital. The doctor asked, “What did you do for a living?” “I was a teacher,” she replied. “Oooh!” he …

Busia, Uganda | URN | The management of Wagagai gold mining company has re-commissioned the government aided Alupe Primary school that was closed due to its mining activities in Busia district. Alupe Primary School started in 1997 as a community school under the Anglican Church Foundation, in Alupe village in …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has criticised the Minister for Local Government, Balaam Barugahara, over the way he arrests and publicly questions headteachers and education officials during his inspections of government schools. UNATU General Secretary Filbert Baguma said that while the union supports …

  Yumbe, Uganda | NEW CORRESPONDENT | Sixteen-year-old Ayola Susan (not real name), a primary six student at Yumbe Primary School, witnessed and experienced firsthand domestic violence at home. Like many, Susan lived a normal life in the village of Yumbe District at a tender age. However, things changed drastically when …

  COMMENT | NELSON BWIRE | A few days ago, my six-year-old daughter returned from school with an urgent issue: her teachers needed to speak with me about her endless chatter. She had gathered an unsuspecting group of classmates to inform them how “big and strong” Africa is, adding the …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Learners at Uganda School for the Deaf in Ntinda have received a new football pitch in an initiative dubbed Dream on the Field aimed at creating more inclusive sporting opportunities for children with different abilities. The facility, refurbished by TECNO Mobile Uganda, is the first under the company’s “Dream on …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | URN | “No relative is giving us attention because they are also equally vulnerable.” Those are the words of 12-year-old Emmy Lokol, a resident of Nabilatuk district, who says he and his 10-year-old brother have been left to fend for themselves after their parents and elder brother were …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government is set to introduce mandatory colour-coding for all school vans and buses as part of wider measures to improve the safety of learners on the country’s roads. The move is among key recommendations made by the recently constituted inter-ministerial committee formed to review school …

Apac, Uganda | URN | Long walks to school are forcing dozens of children in Aganga Parish to stay away from school. This has exposed many to school dropout, early marriage, and teenage pregnancy, local leaders have said. Children from Abade village, for example, currently walk about 10 kilometers to …

Arua, Uganda | URN | In Awika Village, Omoo Parish in Arivu Sub-county, Arua District, five-year-old Geria Cosmos begins each school day long before lessons start. For Geria, a Top Class pupil at Amazu Nursery School, going to school is not as simple as walking out of the door. Born with …