The biggest talking point since he was declared winner of the January 21 election was how President Museveni would deal with Buganda and Busoga, former bastions of support that voted against him
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.
Summary
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
Schools get computers to facilitate e-learning
Monday February 22 2021
Mr Issa Kararira, the Executive Director NHDA handing over computers to Hon Rosemary Sseninde. Right is Mr Joseph Luswata, the head teacher of Kitala SS. Photo | Eve Muganga
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According to the project coordinator Mr Hashim Kapere, providing ICT units to students will positively impact not only the students but also the entire communities.
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Ten government-aided secondary schools have received computers to promote e-learning during this Covid-19 period.
Embrace Relief, a United States NGO in partnership with Nile Humanitarian Development Agency and other partners donated 156 computers to 10 schools under the Accessible Computer Technology (ACT-US) project to improve the educational outcomes in regions of Uganda with limited access to the internet.