Rotary Club construct classroom blocks at Nyakijumba P/S in Kabale District.

Описание: Rotaract Club of Kampala south in partnership with the Rotary club of Chicago Citywide Service, has constructed two classroom blocks at Nyakijumba Primary School located in Ndorwa East Kabale district, valued at over 90million shillings, in a bid to reduce on inadequate space for learners at the school.

The classrooms were constructed under a project dubbed “Educator Community” that focusses on strengthening the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy and also reduce gender disparity in education.

According to the Nyakijumba PS Head teacher, Kenneth Aligaba, the school has grappled with inadequate structures for more than 20years, which has been inconveniencing and affected their learning outcomes. He adds that the school is also highly understaffed.


The President Rotaract Club of Kampala south, Pius Emuli Wajega, says that the project dubbed Educator Community cost 90 million shillings. He also says that their main focus is strengthen capacity of local communities by extendeding the services closer to the people.
Jim Wales from Rotary club of Chicago Citywide Services appealed government and other aid agencies to continue supporting the education sector especially in rural areas, where parents are unable to provide basic needs for their children.
The Acting Kabale district Education officer, Moses Bwengye, says that they as a sector, they are faced with a challenge of retaining teachers, because some of them end up asking for transfers to districts in the region that give them hard to reach allowances like Kisoro and Kanungu.

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