The
British Council (BC) in
partnership with The Bill Gates Foundation on Saturday, last week handed over
31 computers fully connected to internet to Rubongi Army SS in Tororo district.
The
BC's Representative Daudi Mulongo while addressing the gathering said that,
"The British Council is willing and ready to support the secondary schools
in Uganda with equipment in order to enhance the Information, Computer and
Technology era to students who cannot afford to buy computers and get to
internet."
The British Council
is working hand in hand with Bill Gates Foundation to enhance the advancement
of ICT in Africa. Mulongo said, in a meeting in Nairobi, Rubongi Army SS was
selected to as a pilot school to enable students learn ICT in schools. And this
does not stop only in Rubongi Army SS but to other schools.
Eng.
Godfrey Kibuuka, a director at ICT ministry who was the guest of honour said that,
"Government is ready to help most schools that do not have computers in
their schools so that it helps students, now that computer has been included as
a subject in the curriculum."
Eng Kibuuka has
urged teachers to learn how to use computers and even to have them as their
tools of operations since the system of operations have changed as we are in
the computer age. "It’s so bad to
note that some of you teachers have not taken this seriously and you resort to
doing things mechanically. You will find it difficult to cope up with the
world," Kibuuka urged teachers and students.
Rubongi has 1350
students who are children of the fallen army officers, with 250 from Karamoja
region.
The headmaster
Captain Abubaker Kalume said, "The four classroom blocks that have been
constructed by the Shs200million President Yoweri Museveni donated are now
ready and will be launched next year."
Capt Kalume
appealed to parents to provide lunch for students whom he said would perform
better if they were fed at school.
By
Julius Odeke
The
Independent Uganda