An American couple has challenged school girls in the Acholi sub region to embrace the study of the sciences.
Addressing the students of St Thomas Moore Minakulu in Bobi Sub County on Monday, Pastor Phill Bauman and his wife Beth Bauman said that there is a wrong mentality among girls that they are naturally poor in the sciences.
Pastor Phill urged girls to challenge the boys stating that girls are as gifted as boys in the sciences. He cited the example of his wife, a engineer working with a leading American company.
The Bauman’s are from the United Church of Christ, Michigan in the United States. Since 2008, the couple has build dormitories, libraries and dining halls in secondary schools in Acholi have offered education sponsorship to dozens of disadvantaged in the region which is recovering from two-decades of a devastating war.
The Gulu district education officer, Vincent Ocheng Ocen, told the students that there is no scientific study to suggest a link between gender and performance in the sciences.
A report released by the Uganda National Examinations Board in May this year observed that girls have performed poorly in Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics compared to boys in the last three years. The report notes that in the 2012, 75.6 per of girls who sat for O-Level scored F9 in chemistry compared to 66.6 for boys.
Dr Saverio Pido, a research with the national examinations board attributed the high failure rate of the sciences among the girls to attitude, poor learning environment and a lack of laboratories.
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There is an article in the new vision today about Malaria Vaccine Testing.
Northern Uganda could be the next Guinea pig. Test nyutu ni yat ne kelo two wic ki two mukene mapat pat. Ki mito gwero lotino matino me dwe abic oo I dwe apar wiye aboro. Dactari ma pe ki border cwiny gi pe yom ikom yat enoni. Dano myero gugwokke ki gwere atata.
Jami me nono welle tek
Angee koko lyel
Layomcwiny kigeru ki nyac
Lewic weko I camo awala over the sweet talks that kills from the Devils ma guaa ki kupiny.
Kitye kawaco ni malaria tye kaneko lotino madwong totwal I northern Uganda this is propaganda me kelo gwere Ming Ming OGWOKE.
Gunongo ni yate petiyo dok bene kello two marac mukene, ENTO dok gumedo guvu pa yati wek kinen katiyo. Man gitye kayenyo kwene ma omyero gi tem kede yat. OGWOKE ken wu these people don’t care about your health or death, for them is about profit from the money they invest with drugs company if they get licence. And according to these people, 1billion should die a year because there are too many people on earth is that not EVIL? Why do you think they want to save you from MALARIA which was brought in Africa over hundred year from Europe?