School Priorities - SNV

Quality Education
Hima Cement built recreational facilities on school grounds. SNV worked with the DLG to increase schools’ capacities to
provide physical education.
programmes in their schools. The teachers
who conducted physical education activities
did so because of their own physical talents
or experience, but most teachers did not
enjoy planning or doing these activities.
Second, the UPE sport budget is shared
with the budget for other extracurricular
activities, leaving schools with few resources
at their disposal.
Third, although the shortage of resources
and qualified physical education teachers
could have been addressed by seeking
outside support, community participation
in school activities was low. Educators did
not mobilise communities to maintain or
improve school sports facilities.
Last, the lack of community mobilisation
meant that schools continued to go without
basic sports equipment and facilities.
Although students could still get exercise by
running and other sports that don’t require
equipment, that’s not much more fun than
sitting at a desk and studying.
Kamwenge DLG, with SNV’s support,
launched the School is Fun Project at 15
selected schools in October 2009. SNV
identified Uganda Pentecostal University
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