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Headteachers who are about to be transferred or retired have been asked to prepare students, teachers and other stakeholders in the school to receive and work with their successors.

According to Juliet Muzoora, the commissioner for secondary education in the education ministry, this eases smooth administration transition in schools.

Muzoora over the weekend said stakeholders in schools often fail to cope up with administration transitions in their schools because of sceptism towards incoming office-bearers.

Muzoora made the remarks during a Saturday function at which David Senkungu Balaba took over as the new headteacher of Ndejje SS in Luwero district.

Senkungu, who came in from Luwero SS, replaced Can. Dr. Charles Kahigiririza who retired after clocking the mandatory retirement age of 60.

Muzoora, a former headmistress, reminisced her own experience when her former students at Bweranyangi Girls SS broke into tears when they learnt that she was about to leave Bweranyangi.

"The children were crying and it was sad," she said, adding that she had not had enough time to prepare her former students to work with her successor.

She said she was happy to note that the situation was different at Ndejje where the students, teachers and other stakeholders had accepted the transition and were ready to receive and work with the new headteacher.

District education officer Bbosa urged the new headteacher to maintain the pace which Kahigiririza had set. She said Kahigiririza had 'lifted high the bar of expectations'.

Luwero principal assistant CAO Henry Musisi said the district local government had recognised Kahigiririza as the most outstanding headteacher due to his numerous contributions to education.

Luwero Anglican diocesan secretary for education Can. Mifbosis Musisi said the choice of Senkungu as the headteacher of Ndejje SS was agreed upon by both the Church and the education ministry.

Bbosa asked the teachers of Ndejje SS to work as a team with the new headteacher so as to achieve more.

The new headteacher said he would work with dedication and strive to advance the school academically. 

The chairperson Ndejje SS board of directors, George Ongom, said Kahigiririza had been a good servant who had been duly executing the board's policies. He asked the new headteacher to take the school to the peak.

"Ndejje is a good school but you have to take it to the peak," Ongom said. 

Kahigiririza who came in from Masaka in 2013, said he initially faced resistance from some stakeholders at Ndejje who thought he would not carry on the school legacy and culture.

He, however, said those who initially doubted him, later on got disarmed and accepted to work with him.

Kahigiririza said he had among other numerous achievements maintained Ndejje's academic performance, boosted students enrollment, boosted the school's funding and expanded the facilities.