Mvara Secondary School

Mvara Secondary School is a mixed (day and boarding), co-educational secondary school in Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda.[1]

Mvara Secondary School
Location
Mvara, Arua
,
Arua District

Uganda
Coordinates03°01′24″N 30°55′38″E
Information
TypePublic middle school and high school (8–13)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of Uganda
EstablishedJanuary 1, 1960 (1960-01-01)
HeadteacherMatua Eliakim Onyiga
Number of students1108 (796 males & 312 females) (2020)
AthleticsRugby, football, track, tennis, volleyball, basketball

Location

The school is located in Mvara, Mvara Parish, Arua Hill Sub-county, within the city of Arua, the largest urban centre in the West Nile sub-region, in northwestern Uganda. The school campus is approximately 3.5 kilometres (2 mi), by road, southeast of the central business district of Arua.[2] The geographical coordinates of the school are: 03°01'24.0"N, 30°55'38.0"E (Latitude:3.023333; Longitude:30.927222).[3]

History

Mvara Secondary School was established in 1960 by the Church Missionary Society. With peaceful relations between faculty and students since inception, Mvara began to experience a series of student strikes beginning circa 2016. The strikes were particularly worrisome as they were of a violent nature and involved destruction of school property.[4][5]

More violence broke out in 2017, this time between students of Mvara Secondary School and St. Joseph’s College Ombaci, again leading to destruction of school property at both schools.[6]

Back in 2010 the Mvara Old Students Association identified lack of career guidance at the school as a major contributor to poor academic performance of the students.[7]

Prominent alumni

Some of the prominent alumni of the school include: (a) Peace Proscovia Drajole Agondua, a professional Ugandan netball player and the current captain of the Uganda national netball team, who also plays for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Australian Super Netball League.[8] and (b) James Acidiri, Member of Parliament for Maracha East County, Maracha District, in the 10th Parliament (2016 - 2021)[9]

See also

References
  1. New Vision (27 February 2005). "Mvara SS Back To The Limelight". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. Google (22 April 2020). "Driving Distance Between Downtown Arua And Mvara Secondary School" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. Google (22 April 2020). "Location of Mvara Secondary School" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. Robert Ariaka (23 June 2016). "Mvara SS Students Strike, Human Waste in Head teacher's Office". Kampala: Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. Felix Warom Okello and Clement Aluma (1 July 2016). "Mvara Secondary school closed over strike". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. Denis Oringi (12 July 2017). "Trace perpetrators of the recent violent attacks in Ombaci & Mvara Secondary School". Arua: Radiopacis.org. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. Dradenya Amazia (22 July 2010). "OBs Call For Career Guidance". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  8. Fred Kaweesi (20 January 2020). "Peace Proscovia Believes 2020 Will Bring The Best Out Of Her". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  9. Parliament of Uganda (2016). "Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: James Acidiri, Maracha East County, Maracha District". Kampala: Parliament of Uganda. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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