Funyula Member of Parliament Oundo Mudenyo has expressed confidence that all the current Grade 9 learners will transit smoothly to grade 10.
Speaking during the commissioning of a newly constructed storey building tuition block at Bujwanga Secondary school on Friday, Mudenyo said that the facility funded by NG-CDF comprises eight classrooms and will accommodate 600 grade 10 learners next year.
“As a school and the community, we are working hard to ensure that by the time the transition to senior secondary comes, we are ready in terms of infrastructure,” he said.
Mudenyo stated that only three public secondary schools within the constituency do not have grade 10 classrooms.
“I want to assure the local residents that the remaining three schools will have the grade 10 classrooms by January next year,” he said.
He urged the government through the Ministry of Education to support the Education sector so that the Competence-Based Education (CBE) curriculum can become meaningful.
Principal Secretary in the State Department for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Susan Mang’eni, thanked Oundo for constructing the tuition block that will host grade 10 learners, adding that the Education sector needs more support.
“We will join hands with our various sectors to uplift the standards of learning in our schools,” she said, adding that there was also a need to take good care of the environment.
Mangeni pointed out that around 1,800 Grade 9 pupils have selected the school for grade 10 transition due to the new classroom infrastructure.
“This school has a capacity to host only 600 grade 10 students,” she said, adding that the school has performed well in the national examinations for the past five years.
Principal Secretary in the State Department for Economic Planning, Boniface Makokha, lauded Mudenyo for the good work, adding that the government is committed to supporting Education.
“That’s why the government allocates more than Sh55 billion annually through NG-CDF with Busia having disbursed a total of Sh800 million over the past five years,” he said, adding that the funds have improved both infrastructure and the livelihoods of local residents.
Makokha urged the local residents to take education seriously, adding that the County is ranked among the top 10 counties affected by the triple threat: teenage pregnancies, gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV.
“Let us ensure our boys and girls go to school because they are capable,” he said, encouraging the local residents, including learners, to plant trees.
The school’s Principal, Philip Rumba, said that the new tuition block has provided a facelift to the school, hence attracting more learners.
“We have been placing more than 60 students in one classroom but the completion of this building will reduce congestion.
By Salome Alwanda
