On the 2nd of April 2016, I was privileged to mentor secondary school girls at DigiGirlz event which was organized by FAWEU in partnership with Microsoft. 
DigiGirlz is a Microsoft YouthSpark program that gives middle and high school girls opportunities to learn about careers in technology, connect with Microsoft employees, and participate in hands-on computer and technology workshops and so this event was meant to enhance the interest of Uganda girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

I learnt alot from the...... Read More

On Saturday 2nd April 2016 Leading Technology Company Microsoft in partnership with Pan African NGO Forum for African Women Educationalists Uganda (FAWEU) held its first ever Digigirlz event in Uganda at Kitante Hill School in Kampala opening doors to fervent and determined young women for the DigiGirlz Tech Camp. The event saw a number of secondary school girls from Uganda immerse themselves in the latest innovations in technology.

With the DigiGirlz Camp, Microsoft and FAWEUhopes to significantly increase...... Read More

The Martian review – Matt Damon shines as stranded astronaut

 

Director Ridley Scott makes the most of an excellent script and a first-rate star for a scintillating sci-fi trip to the red planet

Overall it’s a very good movie, and while there are mistakes in it, it is the first genuine Mars movie. It is the first movie that attempts to be realistic about human beings grappling with the problems of exploring Mars, as opposed to various movies set...... Read More

Computer Science is one of the most diverse fields in the world. It’s not just about making complex games or hacking into top secret archives. Movies tend to dramatize everything. When you enter university as a CS freshman, little do you know the size of opportunities that lie ahead for you. I spent the first year of my university worrying endlessly that I was doomed because I didn’t know what I was good at and nothing seemed to make sense....... Read More

Let me first put a disclaimer here; this is strictly my opinion and not the opinion this site. 

As hormones dictate, a normal teenage may at some point during his or her time in secondary school develop feelings of the "buterfly kind" for another, in or outside the school term. That's the obvious bit, but it's not the focus of my article. I wonder what effect these humble, probably even innocent feelings have on the average high schooler. So I...... Read More

Scientific research has provided us with a number of ways to get the learning juices flowing, none of which involve paying money for good grades. And most smart teachers know this, even without scientific proof.

1.   Fine-tune the challenge. We’re most motivated to learn when the task before us is matched to our level of skill: not so easy as to be boring, and not so hard as to be frustrating. Deliberately fashion the learning exercise so that students are working...... Read More

A growing body of evidence suggests that the most significant thing about college is not where you go, but what you do once you get there. Historian and educator Ken Bain has written a book on this subject, What The Best College Students Do, that draws a roadmap for how students can get the most out of college, no matter where they go.

As Bain details, there are three types of learners — surface, who do as little as...... Read More

Chances are, if you have a smartphone or tablet, you’ve played Angry Birds. While Candy Crush Saga might currently top the charts, Angry Birds is the best selling app of all time. From an educator’s perspective, what’s exciting about Angry Birds’ popularity versus something likeCandy Crush is that getting good at Angry Birds means skillfully – and often unconsciously – using conceptual physics knowledge. It’s something video games have been doing for years, but Angry Birdsbrought it to a mass audience, sneaking a bit of science into many students’ digital diets.

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1. Creating an account

Access to the Higher Education Student Financing website at hesfb.go.ug then click on the Apply Now link which leads to the URL http://154.72.195.50/ilmis/ which is the Integrated Loan Management Information system.

The applicant registers (creates an account).

Once successfully registered; an acknowledgement email is sent to the Applicant.

2. Completing the form 

An eligible student may complete the from either online or offline

a) Offline loan application

Applicant can get the Printout Hardcopy of the loan application in any one of the following
areas:
1) Universities/Institutions.
2)...... Read More

The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board announces the qualified programme - courses and the universities for each academic year to participate in the student loan scheme. 

Last year’s loans were extended through 12 universities (five public and seven private universities). For now, applicants who proved to the board that they are financially incapable of financing their higher education were admitted from one of the 15 universities before applying for the loan.

The participating public and private chartered universities for the 2015/2016 academic year are;

1. Makerere University
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The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports introduced the students’ loan scheme starting with the Financial Year 2013/14.

The Higher Education Financing Scheme (Students' Loan Scheme) is a fund providing financing to Ugandan students who have qualified for higher education in recognized institutions of higher learning but are unable to support themselves financially.

The essence of the higher education financing scheme is to support the sector policy objective of increasing access to quality education in view of...... Read More

Like any middle class child in a developing country, education for me was not just about the motions. It birthed dreams, it squeezed the best out of me; but above all, it gave me the guts to dream, to believe, that someday I would be somebody. That is about everything that echoes in the mind of an African child. Get the best grades out of school, and become a doctor, an engineer, an accountant or something of like; something that...... Read More

The Dream

We’ve all probably heard that story about the guy who studied for five years just to become a doctor and then on his graduation day handed his graduation certificate and transcript to his parents. In the story, he tells his parents that he never really wanted to become a doctor, he did it just for them. In reality, this happens quite a lot, except many never hand their degrees back to their parents, but end up pursuing the...... Read More