I embarked on this fellowship program this year in early January following an intensive one-month training during which the fellows were taken through the things to do while in the classroom and outside. Nervousness characterized my first day in the field, being uncertain of whatever was awaiting me, but the…

My primary classroom is big but has 34 girls and 24 boys. The first time I entered it one Monday morning in October, I didn’t see a single chart on its beautiful walls. The class has a blackboard and the teacher’s table. The learners were noisy and pieces of paper…

Many a time, we talk about inclusiveness as one of the most primal attributes of inclusive education but digress from it. As an educator, I have encountered unique behavioural traits in a few of my students that are always regarded as trivial in many of our traditional classroom settings. Attention-seeking…

Self-Reflection as A Leader In my fellowship journey, there is a point in time where I found myself stressed over piled-up tasks and this was because I would voluntarily postpone tasks and end up not attending to them. …

Undebatably, the aspect of coaching and mentoring is uncommon in the Ugandan context. …

It is now the 2nd week since Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) announced industrial action and asked teachers to boycott their working stations which have definitely affected learners more than teachers. …

Teach For Uganda is championing the race for quality education for all children in low-income communities by placing top university graduates as full-time teaching staff in rural government-aided primary schools for 2 years. Fellows work with the existing teachers to increase student learning outcomes but also mobilize the community to…

This is Wadujja Julius. I had barely spent two weeks at Budwapa Primary School which serves about 3 villages of Kibaale Subcounty, Namutumba District when I met Julius. It was a Saturday morning. Julius was burning charcoal for a colleague teacher of mine. Without thinking twice, I was convinced that…

Promoting financial inclusion to improve access to education Having been posted to Buswikira Primary School in Mayuge District and immersing myself in the community, I found out that education inequity is also exacerbated by poverty. …