St. Denis Ssebugwawo Secondary School

St. Denis Ssebugwawo Secondary School
Location
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0°15′32″N 32°37′41″E / 0.2589°N 32.6280°E / 0.2589; 32.6280
Information
TypeGovernment-aided day and boarding high school
MottoHarvest What You Sow
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church
Patron saint
Named for St. Denis Ssebugwawo
Established1984 (1984)
Principal
Nassiwa Teddy Ddamulira
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment1200
AthleticsMajor sports: athletics, basketball, chess, netball, soccer, volleyball
The building at Ggaba Demonstration Primary School where the school started.
Celebration of the school's 30th anniversary
The school's teachers, parents and the Fathers

St. Denis Ssebugwawo Secondary School is a Ugandan mixed day and boarding school, located in Ggaba, Kampala District.

The school covers senior one to senior six classes. It is a Universal Secondary Education (U.S.E.) school, funded by the government and the Catholic Church.[1]

The school is named after St. Denis Ssebugwawo, one of the Uganda Martyrs.

Location

The school is located in Ggaba, approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The school grounds cover an area of 8 acres (0.032 km2) on the main road to Ggaba opposite the junction to Munyonyo. The school is located one kilometer from the Ggaba landing site.[2]

History

The school was started in 1984, at the same time as other schools including Kitebi S.S., Kalinabiri S.S., Luzira S.S. and Kawempe Muslim S.S.

Until 1991, the school was located at Ggaba Demonstration Primary School. The school shifted to its present site when St. Karoli Lwanga Catholic Church Ggaba offered seven acres of land to the school.

Curriculum

The school follows the curriculum provided by the Ministry of Education and Sports through the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC). It provides both Ordinary Level and Advanced Level teaching.

The subjects taught at O-Level include:

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Geography
  • History
  • Christian religious education (C.R.E.)
  • Agriculture
  • English language
  • Commerce
  • Literature
  • Fine art
  • Luganda
  • Islamic Religious Education
  • Music
  • Computer studies
  • Kiswahili
  • Physical education

The subjects taught at A-Level include:

  • Geography
  • History
  • Divinity
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Economics
  • Luganda
  • Literature
  • Fine art
  • General paper
  • Functional computing
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Agriculture
  • Subsidiary mathematics

At A-level, students can choose a maximum of three subjects as a combination.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U.S.E. schools overwhelmed". New Vision. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "St.Denis Ssebugwawo". Uganda schools.