Early in my teaching career, I was filled with boundless enthusiasm. I wanted every student to conquer the mountain of learning alongside me. I spent evenings crafting lessons, offering extra help after school, and reteaching concepts to those who seemed lost. Soon, my classroom resembled the base camp of Mount Rwenzori, overflowing with students seeking clarity. Exhausted and overwhelmed, I …
“Teachers, what do you do when students faint in your class?”, Genevieve screamed as she entered the staff common room. The frantic look on her face and the dishevelled hair was enough to tell the story of the storm that was raging in her heart. Genevieve was an intern teacher who was in the middle of her lesson when the …
It is 2am in the night and I am grading the last of the student’s scripts. The night is no longer as young as it was when I started. The children all sleeping, the birds and the cars too. The day has not been the easiest, neither have the weeks preceding it. Considering the numbers of the children that I …
As a teacher, I had always been passionate about what I did, giving my all, at every task assigned to me. I started as a novice teacher who did not know what to do but was excited to learn. I sought for knowledge wherever I could find it; I consulted my senior colleagues, read, and attended seminars and conferences; I …
I graduated from one of the best universities in Uganda with a Bachelor of science with an education degree. Set to go and teach biology and chemistry to secondary school students, I was excited to embark on this journey. Reality hit when I reached the school and found a total mismatch between what I had studied at the university and …
