Wanyama said Vision Group was pleased to partner with Kampala East in promoting education using newspapers as a basic tool in promoting education in Ssakabusolo village.
📸 PICTORIAL: Vision Group, Rotary Club of Kampala East to promote basic education
Eddie Ssejjoba
Journalist @New Vision
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KAMPALA – Vision Group has accepted to partner with the Rotary Club of Kampala East to promote the club’s signature project of ‘Basic Education and Literacy’.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Don Wanyama said through its Newspapers In-Education (Media-In-Education) program, it will partner with the new club leadership to promote basic education in Ssakabusolo village, Kasanje-Ssisa in Mpigi district.
Vision Group MD, Don Wanyama remarks at the function. (All Photos by Eddie Ssejjoba)
He said Vision Group was pleased to partner with Kampala East in promoting education using newspapers as a basic tool in promoting education in Ssakabusolo village where the club has been involved in a number of activities.
Wanyama was Thursday evening speaking as guest of honor at the installation of Charles Nsamba as the 35th President of the Rotary Club of Kampala East at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
Charles Nsamba, the new President Rotary Club of Kampala East speaks after his installation at Hotel Africana on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
Nsamba, who took over the mantle from Keen Twesigye chose to undertake basic education and literacy as one of their signature projects in Ssakabusolo, which he decided to partner with Vision Group.
“As we usher in the new leadership of Rotary, Vision Group is ready and willing to partner with you in pursuit and execution of your signature project around basic education and literacy, especially through our Newspapers in education program just like we have done on previous engagements like the Rotary Cancer Run,” Wanyama said.
One of the Rotaractors who was recognzied at the event
The function was also graced by Ken Mugisha, the Past District Governor (PDG) Rotary District 9211.
He introduced Rogers Anguzu, the head of marketing and Esther Arinaitwe, the manager in charge of media in education who will work closely with the Club to undertake the project.
He explained that the Vision Group, under its flagship product, the New Vision has for the last 36 years of its existence paid attention to the need for structuring the newspaper to support education.
Rogers Anguzu, (L), the New Vision marketing manager and Easther Arinaitwe (R), the Media in education manager at Vision Group at the function.
He said in 2003, the New Vision turned it into a learning tool, which gave birth to Newspapers in Education (NiE) program, which has turned into Media in Education to embrace other platforms beyond the newspaper.
In implementing NiE program, he said, the group works with sponsors like Save the Children and deliver newspapers to schools and learners in disadvantaged areas.
Charles Nsamba, the new President of the Rotary Club of Kampala East Speaks after his installation.
“The arrangement also includes us training teachers in these schools on how best to use the newspaper as a learning tool,” he explained.
According to Wanyama, Vision Group under the NiE program decided to undertake a project in four specific rural primary schools to appreciate the impact newspapers can have on the performance of learners.
They included Nyenga Boys in Buikwe district, Katebe in Mbarara, Punuoluru in Lira and Osokotoit in Serere.
“The results in these four years were amazing and eye opening in Katebe forexample, by the end of the project, there was no failure in Primary Leaving Examinations,” he said.
In Osokotoit primary, which he said had been lagging, emerged the best in Serere district recording Division One for the first time and similar success was registered in Nyenda Boys.
“The newspaper is one of the most powerful education and literacy tools ever, I say this as a newspaperman but also as a trained teacher. I know that you have spent time researching on the effectiveness of newspapers in education and I am sure the results have been positive,” he explained.
According to Wanyama, the newspapers are a good source of information and when used as a learning tool, are effective.
He said the general benefits of newspapers in sharpening learners’ comprehension and general literacy capabilities cannot be overstated.
He applauded the club for its amazing work in Ssakabusolo that continue to impact on the lives of residents positively.
Wanyama also pledged that Vision Group would support the club in rallying the public to help raise sh17b for the construction of two linear accelerators and two specialized bunker facilities built to internationally accepted radiation standards.
He said the great work done at Nsambya Hospital in making it a regional centre for cancer treatment was laudable.
In his acceptance speech, Nsamba pledged to concentrate on membership growth and retention but also do better, taking advantage of the club age composition with as old as 80-year-old members and the young generation.
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