By KT Reporter
The Minister of Education and First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, has called on organizers of the National Education Show to ensure that all innovations and technologies exhibited by learners are properly documented. In her message delivered by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Dr. Chrysostom Muyingo, during the ongoing show in Jinja City on Wednesday, Janet Museveni emphasized the need to protect learners’ creative work. She said the knowledge learners invest in developing these technologies makes them worthy of recognition and protection.
She urged government ministries and agencies to liaise with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) to facilitate proper documentation and intellectual property registration. According to Mrs. Museveni, this will help deter piracy and enable learners to earn meaningful incomes from their creative output. Describing the Education Show as a “notepad for innovation,” the First Lady encouraged learners to view themselves not merely as consumers of knowledge, but as creators who can leverage their education to build sustainable sources of income.
She further challenged schools to ensure that agricultural skills taught in class are put into practice through school gardens, which can become platforms for implementing agricultural technologies and promoting knowledge transfer. On his part, Dr. Muyingo noted that the high-level agricultural innovations on display are a clear demonstration of the impact of the new competence-based curriculum, which prioritizes practical skills and creativity over rote learning.
“From the learners’ exhibitions, I am confident Uganda is ready for an agricultural revolution that will transform household incomes and create sustainable jobs,” Muyingo said. He added that innovations from primary schools to institutions of higher learning reflect the country’s potential to reshape the agriculture sector through knowledge-driven industrialization.
Meanwhile, the President of the Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE), Dick Kamuganga, has called on the Ministry of Education to collaborate with the Ministry of Agriculture to organize national competitions that recognize and reward top school innovators.
Kamuganga pointed out that while some of the learners’ innovations have already reached the market, others remain at the prototype stage due to limited capital. He is now urging the Ministry of Education to establish a special innovation fund to support learners in advancing and commercializing their technologies. “This fund would help students identify meaningful partnerships and scale their innovations, contributing to job creation and economic growth,” Kamuganga said-URN. Give us feedback on this story through our email: kamwokyatimes@gmail.com
