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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A school in Gulu City has been named among the three finalists in a world competition for a $250,000 (Shs961m) prize under the overcoming adversity category.<\/p>\n

In a press statement last Thursday, T4 Education, a global organisation, in collaboration with Templeton World Charity Foundation, stated that Project Shelter Wakadogo at Pageya Village in Gulu East Division had been selected.<\/p>\n

The other finalists are Pinelands North Primary School from South Africa and Escola Evandro Ferreira Dos Santos from Brazil. Voting is scheduled for October.<\/p>\n

Prize categories<\/p>\n

Early this year, T4 Education introduced five world\u2019s best school prizes; community collaboration, environmental action, innovation, overcoming adversity, and supporting healthy lives.<\/p>\n

The initiative aims at recognising schools for developing the next generation of learners and sharing the best practices that transform students.<\/p>\n

Project Shelter Wakadogo was founded in 2009 after the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army insurgency to serve the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities.<\/p>\n

It started with 60 pupils but currently has an enrollment of 477 learners.<\/p>\n

Mr Charles Odong Kigundi, the head teacher, attributed their success to meeting the learners\u2019 needs during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

For instance, they introduced a home-schooling programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe distributed learning kits and government study modules to students to support face-to-face learning led by the teachers. By the end of the lockdown, they had conducted more than 36,000 door-to-door lessons,\u201d Mr Odong said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also started a computer training programme where we have five computers and four tablets. We take the learners in small groups to learn. This has been very helpful,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Odong said if the school wins the prize money, they will use it to set up a computer laboratory with 50 laptops, 50 tablets and solar technology to facilitate hybrid and remedial learning.<\/p>\n

Mr James Apire, the chairperson school management committee, said they also bought enough benches and other materials that helped the learners during the home-schooling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe collected money among ourselves to secure these materials and we traced these learners while those near the school congregated and studied from my home,\u201d Mr Apire said.<\/p>\n

He added that they have been instrumental in taking care of the pupils\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe realised that children cannot learn on an empty stomach so we provide them with adequate meals and nutrition supplement,\u201d Mr Apire said.<\/p>\n

He said home schooling also kept the learners safe during the lockdown, adding that they did not register any cases of teenage pregnancy and dropouts.<\/p>\n

Mr Apire said the school applied for the world\u2019s best prize in February and were named among the top 10 in June.<\/p>\n

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