East Africa: Learning from Germany & Singapore takes more than aping education practices

Last month on September 30, The New Times (Rwanda) reported that the East African Community (EAC) resolved to benchmark education practices from Singapore and Germany. On the same day, Uganda’s The Observer published a treatise by Ugandan sage, Justice Patrick Tabaro, about the genesis and meaning of Ubuntu as a philosophy. What is the link between these two ‘stories’? We return to this shortly.
University of Rwanda students celebrate at a recent graduation ceremony. (Timothy Kisambira)
University of Rwanda students celebrate at a recent graduation ceremony. (Timothy Kisambira)
Matsiko Kahunga