TCA News
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08 Jan 2019
At the age of 21 years, Pius Okong entered a city for the first time. Born in 1952, the second child in a family of 12, he was brought up in a village in northeastern Uganda, and as a boy had little reason to travel. But he was an intelligent child, and was encouraged to follow in his uncle’s professional footsteps and. In 1975, he traveled to the capital city of Kampala to study medicine at Makerere University- 30 years later, Dr. Okong is a leading international figure in the Save the Mothers Initiative and is President of the Association of…
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08 Jan 2019
The old boys of Teso College Aloet have launched the construction of a building that will house a library and computer centre for S1 and S2 students studying at the school’s west wing. [Hub_center_posts] Dr. Godfrey Akileng, the president of Teso College Alumni Association, told the Parent–Teachers Association and Board of Governors over the meeting this weekend that the structure, whose architectural plan has been granted by the Ministry of Education and Sports, will cost them Shs500 million. He said, as a matter of transparency, that they are going to follow the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act…
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08 Jan 2019
The past year has seen an increased number of cases of ‘superbug’ infections. Superbugs, or antibiotic-resistant bacteria, are bacteria that are not affected to the medicines that doctors use to treat them. A British report estimates that 700,000 people every year die from these infections around the world. In September of 2016 a 70-year old woman in Nevada in the USA died of an infection that was resistant to all 26 antibiotics currently available to treat it. Doctors think she picked up the infection in India, where she had been living for two years before returning to the USA. Other…
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08 Jan 2019
Hyperinflation happens when the government of a country tries to make more money by simply printing more cash. On the surface, this might seem sensible, except that when there are no actual goods and services to back up the increase in money being pumped into the economy, the money is worth less and less. [Side_Content] In May of 2016 the Zimbabwe government announced its intention to reinstate the use of the Zimbabwe dollar, prompting fears of a return to the bad days of hyperinflation. [/Side_Content] For example, let’s imagine you have one chicken you can sell for $1.00. The government…
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05 Jan 2019
What would life would be like if nobody had ever studied chemistry? It’s easy to grumble about the homework, but it’s impossible to overestimate chemistry’s importance in our daily lives. What Would Your Home Be Like? The International Space Station with ATV-2 and Endeavour (Image ESA and NASA) Look around your home and count the number of things that have come out of chemistry breakthroughs and inventions. Without chemistry we wouldn’t have light bulbs, mobile phones, Facebook or Twitter. Much of the food we eat and clothes we wear involve chemists and chemistry too. If we had never studied chemistry…
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19 May 2017
Teso College Aloet’s competition team took home the 3rd runner-up prize of savings accounts worth UGX 500,000 each. Students Allan Omito and Emmanuel Erabu, along with the project’s patron teacher, Mr. Lameck Okello, travelled to Kampala to compete in the Stanbic National Schools Championship on 29th April 2017. In March the two boys beat out teams from Tororo Girls School, Mbale SS, Paul’s College, and Hamdan Girls School in the Stanbic National Schools Regional Challenge, and won the right to compete in the Grand Finale. The Championship’s final test was to start and run a bank within TCA and then…
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20 Apr 2017
Teso College Aloet has been crowned Eastern regional winner of the ‘Stanbic National Schools Championship’ for 2017. They beat off stiff competition from four other schools and will now represent the region at the Grand finale set to be held in Kampala on the 29 the of April 2017. [Side_Content] The level of enthusiasm and support from the students has been incredible and we are pleased that this competition moving on to the next level that will show us the greatest minds in the country. [/Side_Content] Congratulating the team from Teso College Aloet at the prize giving ceremony held at…
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27 Jan 2017
At the age of 21 years, Pius Okong entered a city for the first time. Born in 1952, the second child in a family of 12, he was brought up in a village in northeastern Uganda, and as a boy had little reason to travel. Dr. Pius Okong But he was an intelligent child, and was encouraged to follow in his uncle’s professional footsteps. In 1975 he traveled to the capital city of Kampala to study medicine at Makerere University; 30 years later, Dr. Okong is a leading international figure in the Save the Mothers Initiative and is President of…
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27 Jan 2017
President Yoweri Museveni has honored Dr. John Ekure, an orthopaedic specialist who overcame his personal tragedy when his mother died and exploited his opportunities and challenges by investing in a multi-million orthopaedic facility to help other Ugandans. [Side_Content] Dr. John Ekure [/Side_Content] “The important thing is that he transcended that tragedy and made something out of his life. He studied on a government programme and after he got an education not only as the only specialist orthopedic doctor here, he became something else, an entrepreneur. Somebody who has spectacles to see opportunities and challenges and exploit them is brilliant. I…
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19 Jan 2017
Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union came as a surprise to many. In February of 2016 The Economist wrote an article, illustrated with easy-to-read infographics, explaining the background to this historic decision. [Side_Content] The section of Britain‘s population who voted to leave were concerned by such issues as the ability to negotiate British trade agreements free of EU rules and regulations. They also wanted to keep the money Britain was paying into the EU for British use instead. [/Side_Content] The section of Britain’s population who voted to leave were concerned by such issues as the ability to negotiate…
