★ PREMIUM
Education
Is teaching local language feasible?
According to a study by Literacy and Adult Basic Education, an education consultancy, despite the enactment of policy to make local languages the medium of instruction in Ugandan primary schools, there have been a number of structural and pedagogical challenges to its effective implementation.
A teacher in the Primary Three class of Kiyunga Islamic Primary School in Mukono district. Learners in Primary One to Four are supposed to be taught in local languages.
By: Ibrahim Ruhweza, Journalist @New Vision
THEMATIC CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT
In 2007, the Ministry of Education and Sports introduced the thematic curriculum for Primary One up to Primary Four. Under the curriculum,