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Schools & Humanism in Uganda (18 March 2021)

Francis Sealy from GlobalNet21 interviews Steve Hurd, Chair of Uganda Humanist Schools Trust.

Discussion ranges over:

• How Peter Kisirinya, the founder in 2005 of the first Humanist School in Uganda, became a Humanist.
• The founding of Uganda Humanist Association and hosting of IHEU’s 2004 East African Humanist Congress.
• The rational for starting Humanist Schools in relation to helping to improve conditions of life in rural areas.
• The funding and development of the schools.
• The educational, economic and social impact of the Isaac Newton High School.
• Steady growth in the number of Humanist primary and secondary schools.
• The nature of Positive Humanism as a philosophy which people from all faiths can embrace.
• The growing interest in Humanism especially in communities in the West of Uganda hit by religious & cult violence.

UHST Scholarship Programme

Hilary presents some of the issues surrounding the awarding of scholarships in the Humanist secondary schools.