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Our Story
Our Humble but Strong background.
Established in 1938, St. Aloysius Primary School (STAPS), found 2 miles along the Mbarara – Kabale Highway is undoubtedlly the best Primary School in Western Uganda if you are looking for wholesome nurturing for your little angels. It also has a Boarding Section from Nursery to Primary 7 at unbelievably affordable fees in line with our Mission Statement – “We Still Strive To Give Quality Education To Every Child”. It is about 500 meters from the main junction. It boarders with Maryhill High School, St. Lawrence Primary School and Poor Clares’ Convent. On the upper side, it boarders with Faculty of Counselling – Mbarara Catholic University.
This school was founded in 1938 by the Roman Catholic Church. It started as single sex school, taking boys only. It was started by Rev.Fr. Johns Lawrence, who was in charge of Schools by then, and he was the Chairman School Management Committee (SMC).
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.
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. This increased the enrolment to around 600 pupils. However, boys outnumbered the girls, a phenomenon which is common today.
Our Headteachers
We have had 7 Headteachers since our inception.
Among the first Headteachers were the Late Edward Ntendeere, the Late Mashaya and the Late Petero Mwiru.
Mr. Kabuzire Adrian became the Headteacher of the school in 1970 a post he held for 27years until 1997 when he suffered from a stroke, which later claimed his life in 2001. During his tenure of office, the school was upgraded to a Grade I 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 1130 pupils. 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.
The current Headteacher is Asiimwe Gratiano.
Selected Events
A sneak peek into our Selected events at our magnificent campus.
Enrolment
Below is the school enrollment for several years.
| YEAR | BOYS | GIRLS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 660 | 491 | 1151 |
| 2007 | 684 | 442 | 1126 |
| 2008 | 642 | 403 | 1045 |
| 2009 | 643 | 418 | 1061 |
| 2010 | 655 | 447 | 1102 |
| 2011 | 661 | 449 | 1110 |
| 2012 | 660 | 470 | 1130 |
| 2022 | 663 | 527 | 1190 |
| 2023 | 674 | 539 | 1213 |
Academics
The school’s academic performance has been improving year by year, this being the result of team work among the staff and the parents. Below is a table showing P.L.E results for the last 5 years.
In 2010, our boy, Muhumuza Innocent, scored 4 aggregates and is now at Mbarara High School. All our former students are doing well and are in good schools.
| Division 1 | 35 |
| Division 2 | 114 |
| Division 3 | 02 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 151 |
| Division 1 | 23 |
| Division 2 | 130 |
| Division 3 | 08 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 161 |
| Division 1 | 47 |
| Division 2 | 102 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 01 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
| Division 1 | 59 |
| Division 2 | 43 |
| Division 3 | 01 |
| Division 4 | 01 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 01 |
| TOTAL | 105 |
| Division 1 | 59 |
| Division 2 | 68 |
| Division 3 | 01 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 02 |
| TOTAL | 130 |
| Division 1 | 78 |
| Division 2 | 41 |
| Division 3 | 01 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 120 |
| Division 1 | 66 |
| Division 2 | 51 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 01 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 01 |
| TOTAL | 119 |
| Division 1 | 83 |
| Division 2 | 50 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 133 |
| Division 1 | 62 |
| Division 2 | 72 |
| Division 3 | 01 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 02 |
| TOTAL | 135 |
| Division 1 | 66 |
| Division 2 | 63 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 01 |
| TOTAL | 130 |
| Division 1 | 73 |
| Division 2 | 65 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 138 |
| Division 1 | 81 |
| Division 2 | 60 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 141 |
| Division 1 | 89 |
| Division 2 | 74 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 163 |
| Division 1 | 88 |
| Division 2 | 51 |
| Division 3 | 00 |
| Division 4 | 00 |
| Division U | 00 |
| Division X | 00 |
| TOTAL | 139 |
| Division 1 | 77 |
| Division 2 | 50 |
| Division 3 | 0 |
| Division 4 | 0 |
| Division U | 0 |
| Division X | 1 |
| TOTAL | 128 |
| Division 1 | 80 |
| Division 2 | 87 |
| Division 3 | 2 |
| Division 4 | 1 |
| Division U | 0 |
| Division X | 0 |
| TOTAL | 170 |
Ready to Nurture Your Loved Ones With Us?
Book a slot for your little angels today by sending us a message in the contact section by tapping the button below. You can alternatively send us an email on staloysia@gmail.com or call the Headmaster on +256701152590 or +256782121028.
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. In 2009, the school choir and the scouts excelled up to the National level.
In Football (under-14), the school team participated in Holy Innocents Cup for 2010 and 2011 and emerged the winner. The cup is still with us. The school also participated in Maryhill Marathon in 2011 and emerged the best performing school. We were recognized with a trophy from MTN Uganda. This year 2012, 8 pupils were selected from the school athletics team to represent Mbarara Municipality in the National athletics Championship. During this event, one of our boys Ssemanda Aaron P.6, emerged the 5th in 800M in the whole country.
The school has managed to level its own playground. The challenge remains fencing it and planting grass.
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(program).
In the school, there are members of the Legion of Mary, and we are also training members of Missionary Holy childhood.
ORGANISATIONS (SPONSORS, AND PROJECTS).
The school community is deeply indebted to all organizations and sponsors who choose St. Aloysius Primary School for their sponsored children. The school receives assistance from; Rev. Fr. Charlie Beirne, St. Francis Family Helper Programme, Compassion Uganda, Rev. Sr. Lilian, Dr. Oliver Murphy and the Archbishop’s office. Through these people and organizations, many of our vulnerable children are able to come to school.
OPPORTUNITY EDUCATION
This is an American based charity organization aiming at connecting children to the outside world. The school is lucky to be one of the beneficiaries. The organization donated two sets of TVs(screens), two DVDs, Discs with Educative lessons and a variety of instructional materials. Through this organization the school is patterned with Schools in America for Exchange Programme.
CECOD (Conservation Efforts for Community Development)
It is a non-Governmental Organisation with an objective of promoting environmental conservation. It is an international organization and the school was connected by CECOD Uganda. All children in the school are members with an Eco-Parliament where the speaker and members are all children from different classes. CECOD is still very new in the school, but it has done marvellous things;
- It co-sponsored a 20,000 litre rainwater harvesting tank.
- It involved our pupils in Essay writing at the international level. Two of our girls won that Essay.
- Donated tree – seedlings.
- Patterned the school with children abroad(Finland and Belgium) from where a donation of shs.3,260,000/= was realized. The donation will be used in constructing improved cooking stoves.
- The organization offered a workshop to all teachers on how to integrate environment in the school curriculum using the IVAC approach.
Fr. Charlie Beirne
Rev. Fr. Charlie Beirne and Dr. Oliver Murphy did not stop at providing school fees. In 2005, Dr. Oliver, through a loan scheme, put up a four – classroom block which was completed in 2006 and it was commemorated after his late wife, ‘Margaret Murphy’. In 2008, Rev. Fr. Charlie also loaned us another three – classroom Block, named ‘Christian Manley,’ a friend who died in an aeroplane crash. These two classroom blocks came at a time when they were badly needed. The school also has a Nursery section as a private entity from Baby to Top class. In 2011, the parents of the Nursery also contributed towards putting up one classroom. The Nursery enrolment is at 102 pupils.
School Management Committee
All the above mentioned are managed by two committees i.e The School Management Committee (SMC) and the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) being chaired by Mr. Karara Festo and Mr. D.Tinaako Mukasa Ssalongo respectively. These two committees often meet as a joint committee and plan together for the good of the school. St. Aloysius Primary School is a thriving School which needs the support of all concerned people. The School Mission is “We Still strive to give quality Education to every Child.”
Finance Committee
Bemanya Francis
Academic Committee
Mugimba Edmand
Disciplinary Committee
Twegye
Classrooms
22
Teachers
52
Support Staff
20
Infrastructure
In 2004 the School started a boarding section with only 38 pupils(boys and girls). By 2007, the number of boarders increased tremendously, hence the need to build a new Dormitory. By Term I, 2009 the new Girls’ Dormitory was occupied. At the beginning of Term III of 2012 a total of 343 pupils were registered in a Boarding section (209 Boys and 134 Girls). There are 22 permanent classrooms, 6 rooms for Dormitories, a staff-room, Administration block, 3 stores, a library and 2 offices for Deputies. The school managed to put up one house (self-contained) for the Headteacher, and 3 blocks for teachers.
The school also has a temporary shelter which is used as a kitchen, and a temporary Dining shed.
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.
Prefectorial Body
The school has a system of training children to be future leaders right from their tender age. Here leaders are chosen democratically through secret ballot annually. The prefectorial body is led by the Head Prefect.
Sanitation
The school has tap-water (3 sources), 3 rainwater harvesting tanks, electricity which is well installed in almost all the buildings, a standby Generator, 6 pit-latrines with 38 stances and a water-borne toilet, urinals and semi-permanent bathrooms. There is a live hedge with 3 permanent gates. The school also has a banana plantation, and trees planted in and around the compound both for fruits and shade.