Does education still carry the same aura of significance as of old?
Ms. Solome Brenda Namulondo and I with the help of the staffs of St. Kalori Bugwe Primary School were able to mobilize over 120 parents to answer this old adage. It is worth noting that such a number is hard to come by in a season such as this when most people are harvesting and their priorities clear as crystal. It shows how much trust this community has placed in us in as far as the education of their children is concerned. This number almost doubled the previous meeting we had on 12 th April, 2022 under the same umbrella of #backToSchoolStayInSchoolCampaign Namutumba District, like many others in the Eastern Region is no angel when the subject under discussion pertains to high rate of school dropout. Several factors contribute to this, many that we know and many that we do not because every community is different and the context varies, always. COVID 19 saw us to a decline in the enrolment of learners when schools were finally opened this year and we are still continuing to s...