Pupils of Njeru Primary School and their teachers are still smiling after Eskom Uganda handed over a refurbished school block to the school’s management and Njeru district officials after the renovation.
Njeru PS is a government school started in 1960, previously located where the present-day Nalubaale power station stands. When the school transferred to Njeru, it was dilapidated with broken windows and classrooms roofed with asbestos.
Eskom Uganda’s managing director, Thozama Gangi, was on hand to hand over a refurbished classroom and water tank. He pledged more support from the company towards enhancing the quality of life of the communities where it operates.
The company is responsible for power generation at both Nalubaale and Owen falls’ dam.
Receiving the classroom block, on behalf of government, assistant commissioner for Primary Education, Mukasa Lusambu, commended Eskom’s support, adding: “When this whole project is completed, this school will be able to gain its lost glory and compete at the National level”.
Eskom refurbished one seven-classroom block and has pledged more support to the school, which has an enrolment of 400 learners.
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