Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The training of new primary and nursery school teachers in Uganda is currently in limbo because of the significant delays in the opening of the Uganda National Institute of Teacher Education (UNITE). This setback comes nearly five years after the Ministry of Education raised …
Read More »We celebrate hard work at nursery school yet at university adults forge marks to graduate
COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | I last week prayed, ate, drank and danced at the graduation party of Royal Palm Nursery and Primary School, Namyoya, Goma Division in Uganda’s Mukono Municipality. But at about that same time, some students of Kyambogo University (KYU) were, by vice-chancellor Prof. Eli Katunguka’s own …
Read More »Uganda’s daycare centres petition Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Operators of daycare centres and nursery schools have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over the indefinite closure of the facilities saying government is unfair to both the operators and parents. The group under their umbrella body, Early Childhood Development Association of Uganda state that the …
Read More »VIDEO: Effects of early rising on children’s development
VIDEO: Effects of early rising on children’s development The sight of young Ugandan children walking to school at 5am or 6am, being ridden on boda bodas or even being driven can be heart breaking to many parents, a reality that happens every morning in most parts of the country. What …
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