KISU students graduate

THIRTEEN students from Kampala International School Uganda (KISU) were on Friday passed out with IB diplomas.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, just like A’ level, is a pre-university entry scheme. The programme prepares students, normally aged 16 to 19, for university and life beyond.

Speaking during the graduation, the US ambassador to Uganda, Jerry Lanier, urged the graduands to make their own decisions and not to succumb to peer pressure or desire to be like everyone else.

Lanier said the students should respect their parents and be grateful to them for the sacrifice they made to enable them study.

The school director, Ian Williams, encouraged students to be innovative saying the future belongs to those who tackle today’s problems differently. “We are living in times of change.

Everything is changing so fast, meaning that we must always be on our feet. The problems we have in this world today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created the problems.

KISU is one of the three schools in Uganda offering the IB diploma programme. The other two are Aga Khan High School and International School of Uganda.

The IB programme is recognised in all leading universities worldwide. The school was accredited to offer the IB diploma by the International Baccalaureate Organisation in 2008.