Earlier in the year we reported that : KidsHeartKids, a charity in the United States established by Mario Mouton, his wife and their 7 year old daughter Lylah, “had collected around $500 in quality drawing pencils, charcoals, pastels, and watercolor pencils for Isaac Newton High School’s Kateera, Masaka Campus.” UHST has recently been sent pictures …
Posted: June 10, 2014 by Steve Hurd
Isaac Newton jubilation over A-level results
Isaac Newton High School, Masaka has just chalked up the best A-level Exam results in its short history. Of 25 students entered for the examinations, 9 gained passes in 3 A-level subjects, 7 passed 2 subjects and 9 students passed in one subject. The table below shows the distribution of grades awarded, which is remarkable …
Posted: June 3, 2014 by Steve Hurd
Menstrual challenge to girls’ educational achievement
Coping with the menstrual cycle has long been a challenge to achieving equal opportunities for girls in African schools. Girls find it difficult to cope with the long school day during their periods, when they have no money to buy sanitary pads. Discussing the problem is also taboo as many girls have been led to …
Posted: May 31, 2014 by Steve Hurd
Having tools for the job transforms school art work
Earlier in the year we reported that : KidsHeartKids, a charity in the United States established by Mario Mouton, his wife and their 7 year old daughter Lylah, “had collected around $500 in quality drawing pencils, charcoals, pastels, and watercolor pencils for Isaac Newton High School’s Kateera, Masaka Campus.” UHST has recently been sent pictures …