ST.KIRIGGWAJJO SECONDARY SCHOOL


“Education is our future”


Mission Statement   

For the school's existence at Ruhara Hill,

This mission statement is documented and is the basis for learning and for all activities.

Teaching

                                                                                                                     Students attendance: Despite our students being both day and boarding, their academic needs are well catered for.
Class registers are well monitored to avoid their tendency of teachers and students to miss lessons. 

At St.Kirigwajjo, every candidate in our hands is assured of a certificate at the completion of their studies which is a support for their further studies.

b) Teachers attendance: What is very important here is that teachers normally help learners in their studies. At our school, attendance registrars are used to monitor teacher's presence in class and are submitted to the office of deputy academics every Friday of the ending week.   

c) Timetable: The school has a genuine timetable on display in offices, staffroom and have the prescribed guidelines for the number of periods per week for each subject.          

d) Learning Aids/Instructional materials: When you see and observe, forgetting becomes history, at St.Kirigwajjo teachers are encouraged to use learning aids to help the learners in grasping the concepts learnt in class, it also eases the work of a teacher when conducting his / her lessons. The school implements the ICT policy as required by the Ministry of education and Sports. This is basically for advanced level students and leaders.

ProgrammesOffered                                                                    

The school offers the following programmes: Science, Business, General Arts and Vocational Skills.

From this level of education, hardworking and successful students move into the various universities and other tertiary institutions in the country to prepare themselves for specialized education for their future. On others who think that they have acquired enough knowledge normally establish their business outright.

Departments                                                                                         

The school has different departments managed by the Heads of Department.
These departments include: Languages, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, Guidance & Counseling, Co-curricular activities and Computer technology.

Library                                                                                                           

The school has a well stocked library for students’ references with latest books and new editions at all levels. Qualified and committed librarians help in keeping order in the room and making it easy for the students to access books. Examinable and non examinable textbooks are kept in different shelves for the students use.

Laboratory                                                                                                                

At our school, the issue of practicals is a walk over, the school budgets always provide for stocking the laboratory with new chemicals and reagents every term to ensure that students carry out regular practicals in their lessons. Failures in practicals is history at our school.

Furniture and Classrooms 

Furniture is enough and appreciated by all students. We have comfortable classrooms as well. This learning environment is just enough to make students perform well.

Co-curricular Activities    

The school has games and sports and extra co-curricular programmes clearly integrated on the school timetable to help learners improve on their talents and social life thus relaxing their brains from the hectic lessons. These include; Academic debates, football, netball, volleyball, Basket ball, Softball, Handball, Music Dance and Drama, Clubs and Association among others

Curriculum                                                                                             

The school is committed to engaging students at school through a relevant, flexible and challenging curriculum which supports student pathways and promotes retention.

Co-curricular activities include Football, Netball, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Softball Athletics, Music Dance and drama, Boys scouting and Girl guide.

Examinations 

(MOCK)                                                                                              

A series of examinations are done at all levels ranging from internal mocks, External exams such as District mock and outside the district from other Examination Boards. Internal and external examinations help in the assessment of the extent of students knowledge in a subject.

Assessments 

                                                                                                        
The system used at our school is; Assessment tests,
two sets in a term, Midterm examinations (comprehensive),
End of term examinations are also comprehensive.
With this form of assessment, the school is assured
of proper assessment of learners for a term.


THE SCHOOL POPULATION                                                                                  
The school has a total population of 1003 as on
 5th March 2015  as distributed below. 

MALE

FEMALE

STUDENTS

496

507

STAFF

44

17

TOTAL

540

524


 


 

"EDUCATION IS OUR FUTURE"

PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE ON AIDS STRATEGY FOR COMMUNICATION TO THE YOUTH  - PIASCY       As the President’s initiative we educate learners and make them love PIASCY programmes as a requirement by the ministry.

Meetings 

                                                                                      
Academic meetings are held to exchange ideas on the extent
of syllabus coverage. The documentaries made in such
meetings help teachers to know the different students and how to handle their individual learner differences in both classroom environment and outside.

Motivation

Learners are motivated to work hard through bursaries that are awarded every term to the best performing students. Those who score 8 – 12 aggregates qualify for ½ payments of school fees for the following term. Those who maintain it throughout the year don’t pay a single coin the following term.

Marking of students work is also part of motivating learners. Teachers are also motivated to love their profession through salary and other internal staff professional development activities such as refresher courses and seminars.

Performance appraisals are part of staff benefits that motivate them to continue teaching.

The best teachers as well as students who excel at every level

are rewarded with certificates (both Uganda Advanced certificate of Education and Uganda Certificate of Education.

Syllabus

The school has enriched teachers with an up to date
syllabus from the National Curriculum Development Center. Completion of the teaching syllabus is expected in third term
of senior three and senior six first term.

Staffing 

St.Kirigwajjo Secondary School has a total of 51 teaching and support staff. This staff looks small but it is highly efficient because of its expertize 

Our teachers are highly qualified, experienced dedicated and willing to keep a breast current teaching methodologies 

Focus


Students admitted into the school are assisted to remain focused on the aims, objectives and values of the institution. Discipline and good comportment are insisted upon and impressed upon the minds of the students


CURRENT ACADEMIC LIFE AT ST.KIRIGWAJJO S.S 

Mr.Tinka Andrew Akiiki has been the Director of studies of St.Kirigwajjosecondary school since 2009.He is the man behind the good and strict implementation of the academic programs that have seen the school achieve high performance standards.

On top of monitoring the running of the daily academic programs of the school,Mr.Tinka also links the Top School Administration,Teachers,students,parents and the friends of the school with the academic trends and realities. This is one of the noble jobs done and which has contributed a lot to the improvement of the school in the academic performance.

SUBJECTS OFFERED
St.Kirigwajjo secondary school offers the following subjects both at Ordinary( O) and Advanced (A) levels.


ORDINARY LEVEL          
Mathematics
English
History
C.R.E
Geography
Agriculture
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Fine art
Commerce
Accounts

ADVANCED LEVEL
Physics
Mathematics
Biology
Agriculture
History
Geography
Divinity
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Computer/I.C.T
General paper(G.P)


ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
St.Kirigwajjosecondary school is on record as one of the best performing private schools l in the whole country.

Below is the presentation of the performance at ordinary level for the Five recent years.

YEAR

DIV1

DIV2

DIV3

DIV4

2015

28

60

62

31

2014

08

50

53

41

2013

23

63

62

17

2012

08

53

68

21

2011

12

58

61

20

2010

09

43

54

40

 

 


 

STAFFING
st.Kirigwajjo secondary school has a staff of over 60 members both teaching and non-teaching. This staff is competent enough to handle the students. the ratio of teacher to students is 1:15. with this ratio,discipline is guaranteed and students find it easy to access the teachers for consultation.

EXAMINATIONS
The school assesses students in various sets of examinations per term.Chronologically,examinations are  as follows;
Assessment Test I
Midterm
Assessment Test II
End of term

These Four sets give a comprehensive picture of the students academic capability and constancy.


CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
The school has got the following games that blend the hectic Academic program.
Football
Netball
Volleyball
Basketball
Softball


The struggle to improve the school's academic life to higher heights continues year after year. We therefore call upon all the stakeholder to join hands with the school Administration in this  noble cause.

ARTICLE WRITTEN BY: Tinka Andrew Akiiki
(The Director of Studies)


SENIOR FOUR CANDIDATES 2015 START NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

The Uganda Certificate Examinations(UCE) started today at St.Kirigwajjo S.S and in the whole country with the Briefing of Candidates.

Briefing which is the giving of guidelines to Candidates is considered to be the first examination.

St.Kirigwajjo S.S has got 181 candidates who are sitting UCE examinations this year 2015. Their first real subject examination is Physics Practicals and will take place on Monday 12th.Ocober.2015.While their last examination is Fine Art and will be done on 10th.November.2015.

The Headteacher Rev.Fr.Nsaali Mukasa Andrew together with the top executive of the school and the subject teachers carried out the briefing exercise.

Special prayers to bless the candidates will be conducted on Sunday 11th.October.2015.

We wish all Our candidates of Senior Four successful examinations.

SENIOR ONE INTAKE FOR 2016

the intake for senior one students academic year 2016/17 is on. Registration started on Monday 17th.January.2016 at the school premises. The cutoff points are between 4 and 26 aggregate. The Registration fee is 10.000 Uganda Shillings.

The starting date for Senior One is 22nd.February.2016. Meanwhile the starting date for the continuing higher classes that is Senior Two,Three,Four and Six is 1st.February.2016. This is the date we decided upon when we were closing the last year and it was put on the Student's Report forms.

However,due to the impending National elections,the Government has given a directive that schools should open on 22nd.February.2016 after the elections.

We have not yet come up with a position as a school to adjust our decision to suit that of Government since most of the students registered for voting from the School. If we change that date,our clients will be informed in time through different media.

17/10/2016 UGANDA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATIONE

EXAMINATIONS START.

The school registered 2012 students but only 2010 managet to  turned up for the examinations and we hope for better results comparered to 2015.

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