(This article was first published on the New Vision website on March 5, 2023)
By Jackie Nambogga
Last year, enrollment at Buwagi Primary School in Budondo, Jinja city was 531, but when new projects took shape, the number grew by 100 learners.
Mary Sanyu Mugoya, the headteacher of the school made the revelation during the commissioning of a sh200m project at their school on March 4, 2023.
This involved the construction of a three-classroom block and equipping it with desks, installing a 2,000-litre water harvest tank connected to taps.
The school also got two pit latrines for boys and girls of four stances with each comprising one stance for pupils with disabilities.
Jinja city council sports officer from the education department cautioned teachers not to turn the classroom blocks into their houses.
“I know we have a challenge of teacher accommodation but let us utilize the buildings for their intended purpose,” he said.
The facilities, which were lobbied by Jinja City Northern Division Member of Parliament David Isabirye Aga, were funded by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints.
Aga advised parents to embrace schools within their localities instead of despising them.
He added that he is opposed to parents who think that schools in the rural communities cannot compete with those in urban areas.
“I am a true product of local schools because I studied O’level at Dawee SS in Bugembe before switching to Buwenge Modern SS for A’level, but here I am,” Aga said.
Moses Mbiro, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, Jinja branch, said it was important for the school to guard the facilities well in order to benefit generations to come.
