Arlington Academy of Hope Uganda offers education at all levels right from grade one (primary section) to secondary level. The primary section comprises grade one to seven. Secondary section has both O and A level. We also support all our children to go for further studies after they complete secondary level. These join either tertiary institutions or universities.
What we have done....
To achieve these goals, we have built Arlington Junior School, a model primary school in Bududa district that educates 450 students; we work with 26 public schools across Eastern Uganda; we provide scholarships to 360 students at secondary school, and another 160 students in vocational schools or universities.
We have been driven by a vision, mission, goal and objectives all these 17 years. Our mission was to help children in rural Uganda to reach their potential through education. Starting with only 78 in 2004 as a primary school, we currently have 490 children with a double stream from primary one to three due to the increasing demand from the community. What caused a difference between AJS and other public schools in a hot meal for lunch and break tea for lower classes. It was the only school that had a uniform for all students, teacher presence at 100% and pupil attendance at the same percentage. This makes AJS a special and model school in Bududa to date because it has maintained the standards.
Phoebe Lubango- Director Edducation services
Our education system is good quality effective Reliable
The AAH school provides a quality primary school education to 450 boys and girls from first through seventh grades at the Arlington Junior School (AJS). Children are taught a rigorous, traditional curriculum in English with emphasis on science, social studies, reading and math. The AAH education program encourages participation, debate, critical thinking and self-expression. AAH students provides students at its school with a morning snack and lunch each day. All students receive a uniform and school supplies. Attendance at AJS is close to 100% each day, compared to 70% in public schools.
Many of AJS students are sponsored by donors in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world. In addition to critical financial support, sponsors provide personal attention and moral encouragement through the exchange of letters and photos.
Because of the high standards implemented at the primary level, for 15 consecutive years now, 100% of AAH students have passed the Primary Leaving Exam, the national exam taken by all students in Uganda at the end of primary school. As a result, nearly every student has advanced to secondary school, a striking contrast to other schools in the region.
This year, 360 children are attending secondary boarding schools on AAH scholarships. We have accomplished this via our Secondary School Scholarship Program which is funded by a caring community of volunteers, child sponsors, donors, partners and friends in the United States, Uganda, and throughout the world. Many of our sponsored students attend some of the best schools in Uganda such as Uganda Martyrs Namugongo, Seeta High School, or Trinity College Nabbingo. Almost all of our students who complete secondary school join university or vocational school.
For five years now, students on the AAH program have been graduating from university or vocational institutions with degrees, diplomas, and certificates. We now have 204 graduates from tertiary schooling. Our graduates include nurses, teachers, public administrators, auto mechanics, social workers, etc. Another 160 are presently enrolled in tertiary institutions, pursuing certificates, diplomas, and degrees in many academic disciplines.
AAH gave birth to another the program known us outreach. We have done outreaches with 26 government schools though active schools are 23 only. We set parameters to be followed by government which all schools we partner with should follow. Outreach came as a result of increasing demand for quality education from the community hence AJS could not provide it. We offer teacher workshops to teachers in the said schools, teacher trips to Entebbe and Kampala to learn how public and private schools implement successful learning. We encourage parents and schools to offer lunch, AAH pay for lunch subsidies to schools that fulfill such conditions. We introduced debate to build confidence in speech, reading challenge was too introduced to such schools. We signed an MOU with Bududa local government, their role is to supervise the education in schools we partner with. Post schools who a hundred percent committed to attend daily, ensure that staffing for such schools is 100%.
Teacher and pupil attendance should be at 100% if performance should improve in the district. These and many other benchmarks were set, AAH wanted to share their academic achievement to other schools to have a transformed education system in the district.
PLE performance since 2006
Boys Vs Girls in by grade 7
