About Us
Background
Kyankowe Day and Boarding Primary School was founded by the late Gyangenda Sulemani in 1930, the government took it over and it is now patroned by Prince Mulondo Besweri the son of the late Gyagenda Sulemani.
Organisation
Currently the school is a mixed day and boarding primary school and a grade 1 school by status funded by the government under the Universal Primary Education Program. The school has five permanent buildings accommodating all classes from primary one to primary seven; it also has a nursery section. In the same buildings are found the head teacher's office, library and the office of the bursar. Out of the five buildings two are dormitories one for boys and the other for girls. Kyankowe Day and Boarding School has six teachers' residential units including the head teacher and the deputy head teachers' houses. All teachers reside within the school.
Curriculum
The school follows the National Curriculum. Teachers teach all subjects according to the curriculum and the learners do national examinations at the end of primary seven (Primary Leaving Examination). Therefore the school operates within the policy, guidelines, aims, goals and objectives as stipulated in the Government White Paper On Education (1992). The school is also one of the Universal Primary Education model schools.
School Identity
As far as the school uniform is concerned, boys put on blue shirts from primary one to primary four put on blue shirts and khaki shorts, girls from primary one to primary four and then primary five to primary seven boys put on white shirts and khaki shorts while girls put on white blouses and blue skirts.
General School Enrolment
At present Kyankowe Day and Boarding Primary School has a population of 299 students, 140 are boys and 159 are girls. The majority of the students are day scholars with a smaller number of boarding students.
| CLASS | BOYS | GIRLS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABY | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| MIDDLE | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| TOP | 4 | 5 | 09 |
| P.1 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| P.2 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| P.3 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| P.4 | 24 | 14 | 38 |
| P.5 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| P.6 | 31 | 32 | 63 |
| P.7 | 19 | 35 | 54 |
| TOTAL | 140 | 159 | 299 |
Students are responsible for attending the school daily and respecting all the school programs as stipulated by the administration on the students' notice board.