Tag: Education
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What will happen when our elders pass on, has anyone documented their knowledge?
Today is the 37th National Resistance Movement (NRM)/National Resistance Army (NRA) Day. Both the Vice President of Uganda and the Speaker of Parliament are Ateso. Who can help us to ensure that both these powerful ladies and the NRM Administration as a whole get to read Samuel’s thoughts here below? “I once thought to myself,…
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Government setting maximum school fees will cause more damage
I agree that regulating school fees by placing a minimum and a maximum that schools can charge, without taking into consideration the cost of living is counterproductive to education objectives. Clipping from the New Vision of Friday, 23.09.2022 And the culture of formulating and passing laws without consulting all stakeholders is not consistent with democratic…
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Fact Check: “All Ugandan children can read & count”
Here are some facts: “Only about 50 percent of the children in Primary 3 were proficient in literacy and numeracy in a 2018 survey conducted by the Government.” UNICEF In its 2014 report, “Are our children learning? Literacy and Numeracy in Uganda,” UWEZO shared the following realities: One out of 10 children assessed in Primary…
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Pupils bring money home
“While other parents of pupils in other schools say schools consume money, our pupils at certain times are able to go and withdraw money from their own bank accounts and take the money home.” Teacher Kawooya Benard Yes, yesterday, Friday 18th March 2022, I was fortunate to meet Teacher Kawooya Bernad of Mathematics Science Technology…
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Celebrating working women on our 59th Independence Day Uganda
It delights me when I interact with women at work in what I presume to be their own businesses. And whenever I can, I support such small businesses by buying from them. These women that we found in Lira recently when we were looking for a supplier of flowers and decorative plants impressed me so.…
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