By Lawrence Konge Children in Uganda playing during the covid-19 lockdown Financing is critical to the delivery of quality education services. But new research shows that although funding is a necessary factor affecting the performance of learners it should always…
By Sister Grace Mkosamali Sister Grace Mkosamali, an advocate for inclusive and equitable education, presented a paper on education in East Africa during an annual gathering of researchers, students and stakeholders in education and policy. The Comparative and International Education…
By Building Tomorrow When the covid-19 pandemic hit the world in early 2020, governments globally ordered lockdowns, which stalled many socio-economic activities. In Uganda, schools were closed in March 2020 and due to technological challenges, the Building Tomorrow staff were…
By Andiwo Obondoh and Margaret Wawira East Africa’s three waves of covid-19 in 2020/2021 have resulted in a lot of stress and immense strain on child rights civil society organisations and their programmes. The pandemic impacted all aspects of these…
By Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) RELI members- Civil Society Budget Advisory Group, STiR Education, and The Uganda Society for Disabled Children, urged the government to increase spending for schools inspection and monitoring at an exciting session in parliament…
By John Mugo, Mauro Giacomazzi, Devotha Festo and Samuel Otieno The Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa was launched on February 17th, in a covid-friendly online ceremony marking the start of a three-year project to document evidence…
Wednesday 17th February 2021. I am honoured to participate in the launch of the ALiVE project, and to be among the members of the Regional Education Learning Initiative and VaLi, which is keen on analyzing school curriculums and identifying gaps…
By John Mary Vianney Mitana (PhD), Jean Mary Wendo, Jude Edward Matovu The impact of Covid-19 has disrupted schooling globally, with 1.6bn learners out of school In Uganda alone, more than 15 million learners and 500,000 teachers are affected but…