All secondary schools in Uganda have a Head Boy & Head Girl who are appointed student leaders. They help coordinate between staff and students, representing the needs of the students to teachers, and the authority of teachers to students. In most cases they are democratically elected; they write an application, and then the student body votes. They are in office for one year, then they can run again. (For the sake of comparison, it’s like being a Student Council President at a school in the U.S.)
Our team from IC Uganda recently sat down with the prefects from each of our 11 partner schools in our Schools for Schools program to ask them about their favorite subjects, their challenges, and their dreams.
NAME: David
SCHOOL: Sir Samuel Baker (all boys school)
FAVORITE SUBJECT: history, economics, and divinity
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: mathematics, science
DREAM FOR THE FUTURE: “I want to be a big guy in politics”
SCHOOL: PABBO SECONDARY SCHOOL
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Lucy
FAVORITE SUBJECT: history
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: physics
DREAM: “I want to become a history teacher”
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Benson
FAVORITE SUBJECT: English
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: mathematics
DREAM: “I want to become a teacher and teach literature”
NAME: Sandra
SCHOOL: Sacred Heart Secondary School (all girls school)
FAVORITE SUBJECT: chemistry
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: agriculture
DREAM: “I want to become a surgeon.” Her mother was sick and went for an operation in 2006, they didn’t do it well and her mother died. She’s also a debater, and made it to the semi-finals.
SCHOOL: Gulu High School
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Vivian
FAVORITE SUBJECT: mathematics
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: geography & economics
DREAM: “To become an accountant”
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Justin
FAVORITE SUBJECT: economics
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: physics
DREAM: “To be an electrical engineer. I want to bring power to rural areas instead of urban areas only.”
SCHOOL: SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE LACOR
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Sharon
FAVORITE SUBJECT: literature (her favorite book is The Outsiders)
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: economics
DREAM: “To become a teacher”
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Peter
FAVORITE SUBJECT: physics
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: geography
DREAM: “An electrical engineer”
SCHOOL: St Joseph’s College Layibi (all boys school)
NAME: Fred
FAVORITE SUBJECT: physics and biology
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: chemistry
DREAM: “I would like to be a doctor because doctors are few and health services are bad. I think I could help a lot of people and save lives.”
SCHOOL: Awere Secondary School
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Sarah
FAVORITE SUBJECT: history, divinity, geography, computer
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: mathematics & economics
DREAM: “To be a lecturer in divinity and history at a university”
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Ivan
FAVORITE SUBJECT: economics
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: geography
DREAM: “I would like to be a statistician”
SCHOOL: Gulu Senior Secondary School
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Charles
FAVORITE SUBJECT: history
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: geography
DREAM: “I want to become a lawyer”
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Hope
FAVORITE SUBJECT: divinity
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: history
DREAM: “I want to become an entrepreneur so that I can start up my own business and employ those without jobs.”
SCHOOL: Atanga Secondary School
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Walter
FAVORITE SUBJECT: mathematics
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: history
DREAM: “I want to become an engineer because they come up with designs for structures that are helpful to society.”
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Teddy
FAVORITE SUBJECT: Christian Religious Education
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: physics
DREAM: “I want to become a nurse so that I can look after the elderly.”
SCHOOL: Pope Paul VI Anaka
NAME OF HEAD BOY: Stephen
FAVORITE SUBJECT: Fine art. He specializes in pencil drawings.
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: biology
DREAM: “Teaching in the department of fine art and history at a university”
NAME OF HEAD GIRL: Stella
FAVORITE SUBJECT: history and literature, especially European history.
MOST CHALLENGING SUBJECT: mathematics
DREAM: “I want to be a lawyer and an accountant”
The Schools for Schools program builds and renovates school structures while also improving the school’s educational climate through career guidance, curriculum, and teacher training. The program currently works with schools in northern Uganda that have been affected by the LRA and is funded by our Fourth Estate Members. Learn more and become one HERE.
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