Kyambogo University Lecturers visit Rjukan videregående skole

Last week Rjukan videregående skole (High School) received unusual visitors, when it received two lecturers from Kyambogo University in Uganda. The two lecturers came on a study tour of the education system in Norway. The two, David and Gertrude spent a whole week interacting with both students and teachers, plus sitting in lessons to try to compare the system of education in Norway and that of Uganda.

When asked, Gertrude discovered that the system of education in Norway was more practical than theoretical, whereas that of Uganda was more theoretical than practical, a thing which she said, should be changed. She however noted that, unlike the students in Uganda, the students in Norway have a low level of motivation in academics. David on the other hand, who had the opportunity to work with the vocational students outside, was impressed by the quality of work the students in the construction department were doing. He said when he goes back to Uganda, he will advocate for this pedagogical kind of education.
At the end of the visit the coordinators, Ingrid Kjelsnes and Tom Nilsen urged the visitors to try and implement some of the good things they had learnt from the Norwegian system back home in Uganda.
                                                                                                                      … By Bernard Butare.