Category: Education

Students sit for an exam in the pre-COVID era, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

THE COST OF FAILING STUDENTS: WHY OUR UNIVERSITIES MUST RETHINK HOW WE ASSESS LEARNING

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By Henry Mutebe I have been on both sides of the lecture room. I have sat there as a student, tense, waiting for results that felt like they would decide everything. And later, I stood in front of the lecture room as a lecturer. What I saw from that side changed how I think about […]

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The Illusion of “Best UACE Teachers”: What New Vision Got Wrong and the danger of misinformation.

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By Henry Mutebe Recently someone powerfully coined the experience of being a Ugandan entrepreneur into the most appropriate and relatable expression, when they said that “E Kampala, business esoka ku kukwegezamu? Esooka kwagala kukutta! ”—literally translated as Ugandan business will attempt to first kill you. In many respects, reading New Vision today in search of […]

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