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 The Project for Construction of Classroom Blocks at Two Primary Schools in Arua District

1. Project Detail

 

Organisation	Arua District Local Government
Amount of funding	US$ 88,380
Signatory	Mr. Oswan Vitallis, Chief Administrative Officer
Name of the project	The Project for Construction of Classroom Blocks at Two Primary Schools in Arua District
Location of the project	Ambeko Primary School and Aliba Primary School in Arua district
Items that were funded	Construction of classroom blocks and provision of desks
Date of grant signing	12th August 2008
Date of commissioning	26th November 2009

 

Since the government introduced Universal Primary Education, there has been an upsurge in enrolment levels from 150,000 pupils to 350,000 pupils in Arua District. The district has 161 government aided primary schools, but the government approves construction of 6 blocks of 4 classrooms per year, meaning that it will take years to have enough classrooms.

 

 

2.Handing Over Ceremony

 

The Ambaddador of Japan to Uganda, H.E. Mr. Keiichi Kato attended the handing over ceremony at Ambeko Primary School, Arua District on 26th November 2009.

 

 

Classroom block		Unveiling ceremony