Students of Light Secondary and Vocational School, Bulenga, in Wakiso district, will be able to read in the newly-built library, starting today. The new school library has a 1,500 seating capacity, with modern reading materials.
At a ceremony to commission the library on Friday, February 3, Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi applauded the proprietors and management of the school for the idea of putting up a new block that would enhance the teaching of science to the students.
This, he said, especially as the country prepares them for the modern age where science and technology are being emphasized for socio-economic transformation.
“I thank the director/founder for establishing this school which 23 years ago started from very humble beginnings, in a garage, with one student. It now boasts of 1,600 students, at nursery, primary and secondary school levels. It is gratifying to observe how far you have come,” he said.
However, Joseph Kiberu Mbuga, the director and founder of the school, said the growth and expansion of the giant education complex, from a garage school that started on June 22, 1993, was also due to God’s grace.
“God is a partner in our business, and not an intruder. The greater we make our God, the smaller our problems become,” he said.
He also attributed his success to the religious discipline of the SDA church. Mbuga pointed out that this was the second visit by Ssekandi, the first being when he commissioned a modern science laboratory in December 2008, which has a capacity of 280 students.
He also commissioned the girls’ dormitory ‒ named Ebenezer ‒ with a capacity of 360 girls, and launched a school musical video/album.
According to ministry of education officials and the Wakiso district education team, the school offers valuable services, including free consultation, guidance and professional advice from high-calibre Ugandan professionals that include vice presidents, presidential advisors, ministers, members of parliament, business consultants, bishops and professors, among others.
Mbuga thanked the government of Uganda that had contributed through the maintenance of peace, law and order, and economic liberalization that favours private enterprise.
“The income tax holiday that was accorded to private schools ‒ until recently in 2015 when tax has been reintroduced ‒ enabled Bulenga school to expand by an over 400 per cent growth,” he said.
Light Secondary and Vocational school, Light primary school, Light nursery and Daycare Bulenga are located 11km along Mityana road.
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