Island does not have a full primary school

Oct 21, 2009

The only community school on the island, Mbazo Primary School, collapsed in 2006. The school, with over 200 pupils, ran from nursery to Primary Four, according to its former headmistress, Jane Tezra Amasaja.

The only community school on the island, Mbazo Primary School, collapsed in 2006. The school, with over 200 pupils, ran from nursery to Primary Four, according to its former headmistress, Jane Tezra Amasaja.

The four-room wooden structure was constructed in 1995 after residents pulled together resources. However, a power struggle cropped up between the headteacher and her deputy and the school collapsed 10 years later.

Amasaja and her deputy, Faith Mubeezi, each started a new school and shared the pupils. Amasaja started Lubya Hill Academy Primary School in a two-room Anglican Church structure, while Mubeezi started Faith Modern Primary School that operates in a three-room structure, a stone’s throw away from Mbazo Primary School. Amasaja’s school, with 40 pupils, runs from nursery to Primary Four, while Mubeezi’s runs from nursery to Primary Three, with 60 pupils. Lubya has never had a secondary or vocational school.

Mukoome said they have a special programme for developing the islands and a minister in charge of them (Lawrence Sserwanga).

He added that they had deployed teachers to Mbazo Primary School.

“What usually happens in the communities is that people start schools and the Government takes over, constructing classrooms and deploying teachers. Some people are alarmists, but we have done many things for the island,” he said.

However, Mbazo Primary School, where the Mukono district authorities deployed teachers, has since collapsed.

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