High School development

a) Student Formatiom

Develop High school Leaders. Large numbers of young people in Uganda are concentrated in high schools. We are committed to grow alongside them as they discover their vision and identity in Jesus.

Our intention is to nurture students’ holistic growth in schools by contributing to a generation of leaders who will provide leadership in the Church, Communities and Nation. Through the school faculty, we want to encourage a school culture that empowers students to have a personal friendship with Jesus, and then use their gifts to sanctify the world around them.

b) Teacher formation

In Uganda, the traditional role of a teacher has largely been known as one who gives information to students using a set curriculum, and facilitates them to acquire new knowledge to pass standardised exams. They mostly employ teaching methods such as lectures, and group activities to dispense the much-needed knowledge to students, who in turn are expected to sit for their exams and pass with high grades.

However, opportunities and challenges in the 21st Century such as Demographic changes, Youth bulge, globalisation, rapid technological advancement, youth evangelism, Parish leadership, ever-changing employer demands of skills from employees, among others, are challenging teachers to better prepare students for life beyond the classroom.

A teacher is envisaged as a spiritual director, a motivator, counselor, problem solver, a mentor, and one who nurtures students, a parent and to a greater extent a de-facto community leader. Now that we live in a fast paced, modern economy that requires competencies such as initiative, communication, collaboration, responsibility, critical thinking, creativity, and productivity, a teacher is further put under more pressure to deliver what the 21st Century community expects of them.

Therefore, it is very important to note that most of our teachers in our schools are in dire need of these skills (which are critically important for both the teacher and the students to succeed) and thus the need to support and facilitate their acquisition of needed skills. With this approach, we will equip teachers with skills that are largely lacking in the normal curriculum used in all ours schools, which they, in turn, will pass on to their students.