44 Schools to Benefit from Proposed Rukungiri District Education Projects in FY 2027/28

Rukungiri: Rukungiri District Local Government has proposed education infrastructure projects targeting 44 primary schools across the district in the 2027/2028 financial year.

The proposed projects focus on improving classroom facilities, teachers’ accommodation, sanitation, renovation of existing structures and provision of school furniture.

The priorities were presented by Senior Education Officer Anxious Ganshanga, who represented the District Education Department during the district budget conference for the 2027/2028 financial year held on November 10, at Hotel Riverside in Eastern Division, Rukungiri Municipality.

Among the proposed projects is the construction of a twin staff house at Kigarama Primary School and two-classroom blocks with offices at Nyamabale and Burembo Primary Schools.

The department has also proposed the construction of five-stance lined VIP latrines at 16 primary schools, namely Kabuga, Kahoko, Mabindi, Musyana, Karire, Ndama, Rubanga, Kibale, Kaamira, Katonya, Rwemiringa, Burembo, Kyabagyerwa, Ngoma and Rwera Primary Schools.

Other planned works include remodification of a two-classroom block with an office at Bucence Primary School and completion of painting works at Ihimbo Primary School.

The department has further proposed renovation and completion of classroom blocks at Ibanda, Kyabugashe, Mabindi, Kigiro, Rwakangyero, Ndeere, Kishonga, Nyarushanje Upper, Nyabushenyi Lower, Rushasha, Mashonora, Kyaruyenje, Rweshama Public, Rwenkuraijo, Katobotobo, Rubirizi, Nyamihuku and Rwengiri.

In addition, 15 twin desks are expected to be supplied to Kihumuro, Nangara, Nyarushanje Upper, Rugyendwa, Kyamakanda, Kajwamushana, Kafuka, Karyamacumu, Katonya, Bufunda and Bucence Primary Schools.

Meanwhile, Ganshanga reported that the district is implementing 15 education infrastructure projects during the current 2026/2027 financial year.

The ongoing projects include the construction of a multipurpose hall at St Peter’s Nyarushanje Secondary School, a two-classroom block at Rwenshama Primary School and another multipurpose hall at Karuhembe Primary School.

Other projects include construction of school facilities at Bikurungu Centenary Primary School, a three-classroom block at Omuburama Primary School alongside renovation of two classrooms, and another three-classroom block at Kakindo Primary School.

The district is also constructing two-classroom blocks with offices at Bwanga and Buhunga Primary Schools, school facilities at Kisya Primary School and a two-classroom block at St William’s Secondary School Rwengiri.

Other ongoing works include remodelling a three-classroom block at Munyeganyegye Primary School, completing a three-classroom block with a hall at Bikungu Primary School and constructing five-stance lined VIP latrines at Bwambara, Nyarubale, Burombe, Kebisoni Integrated, Kisya, Kibiri and Kyamurari Primary Schools.

The district is also supplying three-seater twin desks to Nyakishenyi, Karuhembe, Ihimbo, Musyana, Rwemiringa, Nyakanyinya, Kagorogoro and Kirama Primary Schools.

Additionally, the department is undertaking partial completion of a three-classroom block at Ihimbo Primary School, with painting works remaining.

Despite the planned and ongoing interventions, the Education Department highlighted several challenges affecting the delivery of education services in the district.

These include inadequate transport facilities for inspecting and monitoring schools, difficulties in retaining teachers in hard-to-reach areas and limited funding for guidance and counselling activities.

The department also noted that some learners with special needs, particularly those with visual and physical impairments, lack supportive devices to assist them in their studies.

Other challenges include lack of mid-day meals in schools, limited parental involvement in children’s education, inadequate staff accommodation for teachers and poor maintenance of school facilities such as classrooms, water tanks and latrines.

The poor condition of some roads was also identified as another challenge affecting education service delivery.