Category Archives for Uganda

Kharunda Rose Khisa – a journey to the love of teaching
February 2, 2023Case Study, Uganda

Kharunda Rose Khisa – a journey to the love of teaching

My name is Kharunda Rose Khisa and I am a 39-year-old teacher at Bubiita Seed Secondary School in Bududa district in the Eastern region of Uganda. I have been in this profession since 2007. I…
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STiR Uganda hosts Partner Strategy Group meeting
January 18, 2023News, Uganda

STiR Uganda hosts Partner Strategy Group meeting

STiR Education Uganda held its in-country Partner Strategy Group meeting on 18 January 2023 at Kololo Senior Secondary School with both online and offline presence. It was attended by officials from the Ministry of Education…
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Minister of State for Higher Education visits STiR’s bootcamp
September 7, 2022News, Uganda

Minister of State for Higher Education visits STiR’s bootcamp

Our team in Uganda recently conducted their latest National Bootcamp for secondary school leaders. The event was organised to train members of the National Executive Committee of Association of Secondary School Headteachers of Uganda (ASSHU).…
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Listenership survey for STiR’s radio programme in Uganda
August 1, 2022Article, Uganda

Listenership survey for STiR’s radio programme in Uganda

Schools in Uganda suffered an 80-week closure due to Covid-19, which was the longest school closure anywhere in the world. To support teachers in maintaining education and their own learning during the pandemic, we engaged…
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Gender responsiveness impacts adolescent girls in Uganda
July 29, 2022Case Study, Uganda

Gender responsiveness impacts adolescent girls in Uganda

Education of girls has always been a challenge in Uganda. In 2015, UNESCO reported that around 16.7 million girls are out of school in Sub-Saharan Africa while 9.3 million of them will never set foot…
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William’s guide on how to conduct a network meeting
June 17, 2022Case Study, Uganda

William’s guide on how to conduct a network meeting

My name is William Mwijuka, a teacher at Mpumudde Seed Secondary School in Jinja, Uganda. I have been working as a teacher for around 14 years and I am passionate about making a difference in…
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A 21st century classroom for a 21st century workforce
March 1, 2022News, Uganda

A 21st century classroom for a 21st century workforce

In partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and the Mastercard Foundation, STiR Education hosted a conference today at the Serena Hotel in Kampala to commemorate the end of our joint project. STiR…
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STiR hosts National Training Institutes in Uganda
May 10, 2021News, Uganda, Uncategorized

STiR hosts National Training Institutes in Uganda

STiR is very pleased to have been able to host our first in-person training institutes in Uganda since March 2020. From 4-7 May, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports, we welcomed Deputy…
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April media round-up
May 1, 2021News, Uganda

April media round-up

On 21 April, our CEO Girish Menon and our Uganda Country Director Modern Musiimenta Karema were interviewed on Sky News (one of the largest news channels in the UK) about the impact of budget cuts…
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