Jubilee 80 Build up Facts
SCHOOL PROFILE:
St. Aloysius Primary School was founded in 1938 by the Roman Catholic Church. It started where the Administration offices of Nyamitanga Parish are. It boarders with Maryhill High School on the right side and St. Lawrence Primary School and Poor Clares Convent on the left side. On the upper side, it boarders with Faculty of Counselling – Mbarara Catholic University.
It was started to cater for boys only, since St. Helen’s Primary School, a school for girls only, was already in existence.
It was started by Rev. Fr. Johns Lawrence, who was in charge of Schools by then, and he was the first Chairman School Management Committee(SMC).
Among the first Headteachers were the Late Edward Ntendeere, the Late Mashaya and the Late Petero Mwiru.
Mbarara Catholic Diocese allocated land to the school. Then the missionaries and parents began putting up structures, and they vacated the current Administration Offices where the school was by then, and settled where it is today. At the time, Mr. Mbareebaki Petero was the headteacher, and the enrolment was at 400pupils.
The School was later on government grant aided, and it became co-educational in the early 70’s.
After the 1979 Liberation war, St. Helen’s was a campsite for the Tanzanian troops and so both the pupils and the teachers had converged at St. Aloysius P/S. From then onwards, St. Aloysius became a mixed sex School, much as the male enrolment surpasses that
one of females.
With time, the number of children increased and yet the buildings were not enough to accommodate all the pupils. This led to the creation of another school, the current St. Lawrence Primary School.
Mr. Kabuzire Adrian became the Headteacher of the school in 1970 a post he held for 27years until 1997 when he suffered from stroke, which later claimed his life in 2001. During his tenure of office, the school was upgraded to a Grade 1 School and was given an examination centre. The Examination Centre number is 007097.
Mr. Betunga Deus took over from late Kabuzire in 1998. He headed the school until June 2001 when the current Headteacher, Mrs Kashaija Betty, took over. Ever since then, the school has grown tremendously. It now boasts of an enrolment of 1031 pupils (as of December 2017). Modern structures have been put up and are enclosed in a live fence strengthened with barbed wire, complete with permanent gates. The school has 22 streams.
STAFF:
The school employs 47 teachers. 27 on Government payroll, and 20 on Private terms. The non-teaching staff are 28 people. In total, we have a workforce of 75 people.
LAND:
The School sits on land donated by the Archdiocese of Mbarara, to whom we are heavily indebted.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
St. Aloysius Primary School aims at holistic Education. The School has not only been excelling in academics, but also in Games and Sports.
Other clubs in the school include: Anti-AIDS, Youth Alive and Volley ball.
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS:
The school respects the three main religions i.e The Roman Catholic, COU, and Islam. Each denomination has a teacher i/c, whose duty is to organize for special religious services, Baptism and Confirmation of children in their respective denominations.
Every Wednesdays and Sundays all teachers and the children attend mass from the Cathedral following the church time-table(programme).
In the school, there are members of the Legion of Mary, and we are also training members of Missionary Holy childhood.
SCHOOL UNIFORM:
The school uniform is a short sleeved pink shirt and Khaki shorts for boys, and a short sleeved pink dress with a belt for girls. Black closed shoes, maroon white stripped stockings and maroon sweaters are part and parcel of school uniform.
School Mission:
“We Still Strive to give quality Education to every Child.”
School Motto:
WE STILL STRIVE FOR SUCCESS
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