Construction of a multi-purpose block at St John’s Secondary School Ikumba in Hamurwa Town Council, Rubanda District, has reached 90 per cent completion, school authorities have said.
The facility, once completed, is expected to ease classroom congestion and improve the teaching and learning of science subjects at the school.
Rubanda District LC5 chairman Stephen Ampeire Kasyaba said the project was made possible through government support and lobbying by Finance Minister Henry Musasizi.
“Had it not been the President who appointed Minister Musasizi as Finance Minister, we would not have got this building,” Kasyaba said.
He assured residents that the remaining works would be completed.
Project supervisor Eng Bridget Natweeta said the construction was being implemented in two phases, with the current phase involving walling, installation of doors and windows and roofing.
The director of Geses Uganda Ltd, the contractor undertaking the project, Eng Peter Nkurunungi, said the building will comprise three science laboratories for computer science, chemistry and physics.
It will also have a library, four classrooms, an administration block and a self-contained head teacher’s office.
Eng Nkurunungi said the facilities are intended to improve the school’s learning environment and address some of the challenges faced by the institution.
The school head teacher, Ampeire Odeith, said the new block would help reduce congestion in classrooms and provide better facilities for science education.
She also said the facility would improve the learning environment for both students and teachers.
