Our guests in this episode are Margrét Pála Ólafsdóttir and Dr. Barbara Ofwono Buyondo.

Margrét Pála Ólafsdóttir is a teacher, educator and the founder of Hjallastefnan schools that runs fourteen preschools and three primary schools in Iceland. She is the creator of the „Hjalli“ method which is the foundation of the schools and entails sex-segregated classes with the aim of breaking gender stereotypes, democracy and creative and natural play methods. Margrét Pála graduated as a preschool teacher, has a M.Ed degree from the Icelandic University of Education and a MBA degree from Reykjavík University. In 2006, she received the Knight’s Cross, Iceland’s order of the Falcon from the President of Iceland, for innovation in education.

Barbara Ofwono Buyondo (PhD) is a multi-award winning educationalist who started with 3 staff members and 30 students. Her passion for early childhood led her to start Victorious Education Services (VES) in 1999. In 22 years, VES has grown to five campuses with over 4000 students from nursery to primary school in both day and boarding across the country. Her vision is to extend her services to all parts of Uganda and neighboring countries. She is also the current Chairperson of UWEAL (Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited).