Namilyango Junior Boys school partners with Nyaskolan of Sweden

By Nicholas Kajoba   

Namilyango Junior boy’s school has partnered with Nyaskolan School based in Sweden to enable teachers and pupils of the two schools to share experiences.

The partnership was sealed on Monday at the school main hall, during a visit by a team of teachers of Nyaskolan School. The team was led by their principal, Anneli Gustafsson who also took time and planted a tree in the school’s compound to commemorate the event.

Anneli said that the partnership would also give the teachers and pupils of Namilyango Junior Boys School to tour Sweden.

“Though our environment is different from each other, but the partnership would enable our teachers interact free with both pupils and teachers from Namilyango Junior boy’s school,” she said.

A pupil of Namilyango Boys Schools shows Swedish teachers an album during an exhibition

She said that they would soon start an exchange programme that would benefit pupils and teachers from both schools.  Gustafsson said that although the teaching syllabus is different, most of the co-curricula activities do not differ.

The pupils also exhibited art and crafts items during the launch and they also entertain guests with local traditional dances.

The headmistress of Namilyango Junior boy’s school, Sr Leatecia Nabukalu hailed the partnership for the two schools saying that it would help his pupils and teachers learn a lot from their counterpart.  She said that her school embraces new technology (ICT) and all pupils in the school attend compulsory computer lessons.

Sr. Nabukalu shares a light moment with Anneli Gustafsson, the principal of Nyaskolan School

“We want to hail the partnership we have reached with Nyaskolan School based in Sweden and we hope through exchange programmes our teachers and pupils will gain much for educational purposes,” she said.

 Ronnie Kabagambe an old boy of the school said that he wanted his former school to have more contacts and friends especially from schools abroad. He said that partnership would help pupils in the schools learn the culture of each other.