How absence of seats impact both learners and teachers negatively!!!!
Dear diary It's been long since my last entry. Allow me reintroduce myself. My name is Fred Sunday, Mugisha. I teach Numeracy and English to Primary Two children at St Kalori Bugwe Primary School in Ivukula Sub-county, Bukono County, Namutumba District in Eastern Uganda. P.2 Learners writing an exam Did you know that the 167 learners we registered this year in 2023 all sit on the floor? Have you ever given it a thought how this, impact both the learners and the teachers? How it impacts the set classroom goals and vision like good handwriting, classroom management and discipline, collaboration in groups, differentiation according to individual learner's ability, among others? I have. And I witness this every day in my class. Absence of seats first and foremost, especially in a classroom with a large number such as mine impedes classroom management and disciplinary values. There is no physical space for me and my co-teacher to traverse. And since the teacher cannot move freely,...