Rural schools make strides in E-learning
Monday April 19 2021
A pupil of Isenda Primary School in Mayuge District demonstrates how the digital learning tablet works to the State minister for Primary Education, Ms Rosemary Sseninde and other guests at the launch. PHOTO/ Desire Mbabaali.
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There is a continued need for digital learning because the world is becoming a global village. Every child in the 21st century is expected to have enough knowledge to compete at a global level. It is therefore imperative that there is promotion of critical thinking, creativity and ICTs in schools at the basic level.
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Until digital learning was introduced to Nalongo Church of Uganda Primary School, a UPE school in Luweero in August 2020, Edward had never seen anything close to a computer. He had never seen a tablet either, let alone use it for learning, so when digital learning was introduced in his school, where they would use tablets to learn literacy and numeracy, he was
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Daily Monitor
Monday March 08 2021
Pupils attend a lesson in a refugee camp. With the pandemic schools were closed down leaving such pupils stranded. Photo | Promise Twinamukye
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The pandemic and consequent closure of schools took away the semblance of normalcy refugee children had become used to in their communities.
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Although the Covid-19 pandemic affected many in different ways, those in refugee settlements were hit the worst since they were already living in difficult conditions.
According to the Covid-19 bi-monthly update by UNHCR of July 2020, an analysis on the impact of the pandemic on refugee education was undertaken by The Education in Emergencies Sector Working Group, co-chaired by the Ministry of Education and Sports, UNHCR and Finn Church Aid, primary and secondary school going children had missed 60 per cent of the 840 hours of education for term one since March.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 02 2021
Children in a nursery school before the Covid-19 pandemic. Homeschooling is now a preserve of a few privileged hildren in the country. PHOTO | FILE
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Income and expenditure. Ms Manuela Mulondo, Early Childhood Enthusiast and Founder of The Cradle says, in terms of estimation a pre-school or kindergarten will cost a parent between Shs1m and Shs1.5million per term depending on the type of school they go to. However for most day schools and pre-care centres, about 95 per cent of income goes into expenditures.
In terms of profit margin, it leaves you with about 5 per cent that you can use to negotiate with the banks for expansion.