ENO PROGRAM IN AFRICA

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ENO PROGRAM IN AFRICA

• A Presentation from
• ST. HENRYS COLLEGE KITOVU
• (SHACK)
• 1922-2006
• http//www.kitovu.ac.ug
• kitovu_at_lycos.com
• For Greater Horizons

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Uganda - At a Glance

• One of the East African Countries
• Indepedent since 1962
• Bordered by Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Rwanda, and
  DR Congo
• 900m ASL, plateau land (hills and valleys)
• Surface area of 236,040 sq km , 36,330 sq km
  Water and 199,710 sq km Land.
• Natural resources - copper, cobalt,
• hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land

• Total Popn-24, million people
• Several ethnic groups ie
• Baganda 17, Ankole 8,
• Basoga 8, Iteso 8,
• Bakiga 7, Langi 6,
• Bagisu 5, Acholi 4,
• Lugbara 4, Batoro 3,
• Bunyoro 3, Alur 2, etc
• Agriculture, the backbone of
• Uganda's economy
• Tourism is the major
• economic activity to-date

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Brief History

• Started in 1922 by the White Fathers
• Administered by the Brothers of Christian
  Instruction to-date
• Located in Masaka town, 120 kms from Kampala on
  top of Kitovu Hill
• Total Student Population about 1000

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Administration of the School

• Headed by Bro. Francis Brian Matsiko

• Deputized by Mr. Lawrence Ssenkubuge

assisted by a staff population of 60 teachers
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Academics

• Headed by the Director of Studies

• Both Science and Arts disciplines are taught in
  departments
• Agriculture Biology
• Chemistry Physics
• Mathematics English
• History Geography
• Religious Education
• Divinity
• Christian Religious Education
• Business Education
• Commerce
• Economics
• to mention but a few

Has two levels of education Ordinary (S.1 S.4)
Advanced (S.5 S.6)
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Academics in Pictures
Students attending a lesson
Mr. Wadribo teaching Mathematics
Students in the library
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Co-Curricular Activities

• Students engage in variety of games including
  Football, Basketball, Handball, Hockey, Cricket,
  Volleyball, and club activities such as Drama,
  Scouting, Wildlife

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ICT in SHACK

• One of the leading departments at St. Henrys
  College Kitovu
• Exposes ICT skills to both students and community
  members through a variety of programmes namely
• Microsoft Unlimited Potential,
• I-Network ICT Holiday Camps,
• National ICT Workshops (NCIT),
• ENO Programme,
• Open Knowledge Network,
• etc

ICT Centre in St. Henrys College Kitovu which
was opened in 1997
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Training in the ICT Centre
Class in Session
Microsoft Unlimited Potential Trainee
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Other Telecollaborative Projects

• Thinkquest Uganda Contest (National)
• Mtandao Africa http//www.mtandao-afrika.org
  (new)
• Open Knowledge Network (OKN) http//openknowledge.
  net

Organisational Membership

• SchoolNet Uganda
• IEARN (International Education and Resource
  Network)
• 21st Century School House
• Uganda Computer Society
• I-Network-Uganda

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ENVIRONMENT ONLINE _at_ ST. HENRYS COLLEGE KITOVU
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Goals of environmental education at SHACK

• Help students develop factual knowledge about the
  natural environment
• Foster more positive perceptions about the value
  of the natural world
• Develop eco-friendly habits, such as getting
  people to recycle and to produce less waste
• Engage students in environmental rejuvenation
  projects and action
• Develop students' psychological and spiritual
  relationship with nature

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ENO Activities at SHACK

• Broadly broken down into two categories
• Improvement Activities
• To beautify our scenery
• Educational Activities
• To educate our community o the importance of the
  environment

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Environment Improvement
Tree Planting Activities
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Environment Improvement
Community Clean-Up Projects
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Environmental Education

• Addressing communities
• on environment issues
• Take environmental statistics
• Encourage neighbouring schools to join the ENO
  program

• Sensitize masses on waste management and waste
  recycling
• Write environmental poems
• Join other environmental projects

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Our Environmental _at_ SHACK