US church gives books to Tororo schools
MOST teachers in rural schools regularly endure walking long journeys from their homes to school and back. This is one of the causes of late coming and absenteeism.â€
By Moses Nampala
MOST teachers in rural schools regularly endure walking long journeys from their homes to school and back. This is one of the causes of late coming and absenteeism.â€
These remarks were made by Jack Sauls of Onalaska Church of Christ, USA during a visit to Tororo, where he donated scholastic materials and bicycles to each teacher in two rural primary schools.
“We noticed that a number of teachers have always been overwhelmed by fatigue that by time they reach school they have very little to offer to pupils,†he said.
The American based church also donated scholastic materials worth $6,000 (about sh14.4m) to Pateyo and Aturukuku Primary schools respectively in Paya sub-county, Tororo district.
Sauls said the donation was to support pupils obtain quality education and compete favourably in the national exams with their counterparts in urban-based schools.
“Lack of essential scholastic materials has been among the main constrain hindering pupils in rural schools from obtaining higher grades in the national exams,†explained Sauls.
He also revealed that the project of supporting pupils in rural schools and teachers was to roll out to other rural based schools in the district.
Samuel Osinde currently a USA citizen, also member of the church said children in the rural areas like their counterparts have the potential of becoming useful citizens.
“We only have to support them and they can grow to become engineers, doctors, lawyers of the next generation,†he said.
MOST teachers in rural schools regularly endure walking long journeys from their homes to school and back. This is one of the causes of late coming and absenteeism.â€
These remarks were made by Jack Sauls of Onalaska Church of Christ, USA during a visit to Tororo, where he donated scholastic materials and bicycles to each teacher in two rural primary schools.
“We noticed that a number of teachers have always been overwhelmed by fatigue that by time they reach school they have very little to offer to pupils,†he said.
The American based church also donated scholastic materials worth $6,000 (about sh14.4m) to Pateyo and Aturukuku Primary schools respectively in Paya sub-county, Tororo district.
Sauls said the donation was to support pupils obtain quality education and compete favourably in the national exams with their counterparts in urban-based schools.
“Lack of essential scholastic materials has been among the main constrain hindering pupils in rural schools from obtaining higher grades in the national exams,†explained Sauls.
He also revealed that the project of supporting pupils in rural schools and teachers was to roll out to other rural based schools in the district.
Samuel Osinde currently a USA citizen, also member of the church said children in the rural areas like their counterparts have the potential of becoming useful citizens.
“We only have to support them and they can grow to become engineers, doctors, lawyers of the next generation,†he said.