Mbarara gets Sh400m science laboratory
Apr 22, 2010
A SCIENCE laboratory worth sh421m at St. Joseph’s Vocational School in Mbarara district was opened last week. The two-storeyed block was opened by Dan Tamwesigire, a commissioner in the education and sports ministry.
By Fred Turyakira
A SCIENCE laboratory worth sh421m at St. Joseph’s Vocational School in Mbarara district was opened last week. The two-storeyed block was opened by Dan Tamwesigire, a commissioner in the education and sports ministry.
The lab is aimed at equipping students with practical skills to excel in science subjects.
The school board started the construction of the block in 2005 during the school’s silver jubilee celebrations.
The foundation stone was laid by President Yoweri Museveni.
The school also launched a website during the function.
Tamwesigire urged the school administration to make sciences compulsory, as well as physical education and sports.
He said with sciences, students are assured of jobs while physical education and sports make them healthy to compete and excel in sports.
Tamwesigire added that the Government had approved the policy of compulsory science for all secondary school students.
The Government also adopted the public private partnership policy to meet the educational demands and improve the academic standards, he said.
Tamwesigire said without the policy, the Government alone cannot provide the educational demands for all the 4,000 secondary schools in the country.
Tamwesigire advised students to utilise the lab because it would serve as a think tank for them.
The headteacher, the Rev. Fr. Benedict Njunwoha, commended parents for raising funds for the construction.
The function was attended by the Mbarara Archbishop, Paul.K Bakyenga, Rwampara MP Charles Ngabirano, old boys of the school and other political leaders in the district.
Bakyenga asked the old boys to support poor children get education.
He said children of the poor miss education because they cannot raise school fees. They need people to support them, he said.
Bakyenga said the diocese and the school supports poor children and encouraged others to do the same.
“We should leave our selfishness and support poor children’s education for the development of this country,†he said.
A SCIENCE laboratory worth sh421m at St. Joseph’s Vocational School in Mbarara district was opened last week. The two-storeyed block was opened by Dan Tamwesigire, a commissioner in the education and sports ministry.
The lab is aimed at equipping students with practical skills to excel in science subjects.
The school board started the construction of the block in 2005 during the school’s silver jubilee celebrations.
The foundation stone was laid by President Yoweri Museveni.
The school also launched a website during the function.
Tamwesigire urged the school administration to make sciences compulsory, as well as physical education and sports.
He said with sciences, students are assured of jobs while physical education and sports make them healthy to compete and excel in sports.
Tamwesigire added that the Government had approved the policy of compulsory science for all secondary school students.
The Government also adopted the public private partnership policy to meet the educational demands and improve the academic standards, he said.
Tamwesigire said without the policy, the Government alone cannot provide the educational demands for all the 4,000 secondary schools in the country.
Tamwesigire advised students to utilise the lab because it would serve as a think tank for them.
The headteacher, the Rev. Fr. Benedict Njunwoha, commended parents for raising funds for the construction.
The function was attended by the Mbarara Archbishop, Paul.K Bakyenga, Rwampara MP Charles Ngabirano, old boys of the school and other political leaders in the district.
Bakyenga asked the old boys to support poor children get education.
He said children of the poor miss education because they cannot raise school fees. They need people to support them, he said.
Bakyenga said the diocese and the school supports poor children and encouraged others to do the same.
“We should leave our selfishness and support poor children’s education for the development of this country,†he said.