By Naboth Isaac Niwagaba.
The school management of St. George Kibuzigye S.S. in Rubanda District has awarded their best 2023 UCE performers.
The ceremony was held on Thursday at the school grounds in Rwarugambwa Cell, Kibuzigye Ward, and Hamuhambo Town Council.
Despite being in one of the hardest-to-reach areas of Rubanda District, six out of 33 students who sat for the Senior Four Final exams at St. George’s Kibuzigye S.S. excelled with a score of division one, 10 scored division two with 14 distinctions, and all 33 students qualified for admission to the Alevel.
Those who scored in Division One included three males and three females, namely: Tomson Tumwesigyire, Kukundakwe Belina, Orikira Edwin, Arinaitwe Rebecca, Gumoshabe Bornventure, and Ainamasiko Tarasisio. This is an improvement from the previous academic year’s performance, where they had three in Division 1.
It is on this note that the school administration held a banquet in honor of the best performers, awarding them with brand new mattresses, during a ceremony witnessed by the entire school community, parents, members of the Parents Teachers Association, and the Board of Governors.
The headteacher of St. George’s Kibuzigye S.S., Monday Fidelis, told the meeting that the majority of the 2023 S.4 candidates excelled in sciences, with distinctions registered in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. He used the platform to announce that the school had started admitting students for A’level, teaching both arts and sciences for the first time since it was established in 1995.
“I want to inform you parents that we have opened the advanced level, and we have the capacity in both human resources and facilities to handle students doing both arts and sciences,” he said.
Chairperson of the Board of Governors, Mr. Arinaitwe Julius Byarugaba, challenged the S.4 leavers to maintain the standard by continuing to perform well even at A’level and raising the flag of St. George’s Kibuzigye S.s wherever they will go.
“We have representatives in all professions across the country and the world at large. Those who performed well like you are now in engineering, forestry, hospitals, the army, the judiciary, everywhere, so maintain the standard,” he said. Tumwesigyire Wilberforce extended the token of appreciation to the school management on behalf of the parents. He challenged the succeeding S.4 class to emulate the good performance and do better in the 2024 final exam.
St. George’s S.S. Kibuzigye is a church-founded school established by the Kabale Roman Catholic Diocese in 1995. The school has endured through a long process of growth, mostly hindered by its location in one of the most distant parts of Rubanda District, several kilometers from the Kabale-Kisoro main road.
However, through strategic lobbying by area political leaders, especially Rubanda East Mp. Henry Musasizi, who doubles as State Minister of Finance, the school has taken long strides in development, particularly since 2018 when they obtained the UNEB Center Number and stopped sending their S.4 candidates to distant schools for their final exams.
Recently, the government earmarked up to Shs. 2.42 billion for the construction of new structures at St. George’s School as part of the process to officially take it over as the first seed secondary school in Hamuhambo Town Council, Rubanda District. While launching the construction works in August last year, Minister Musasizi explained that after the official takeover, a number of teachers at the school would also be enrolled on the government payroll, school vehicles provided, as well as other school facilities such as fully-fledged science and computer laboratories, among others.
