Good Shepherd Kindergarten and Primary School (GSK)

A strong foundation for advancement.

Good Shepherd Kindergarten (GSK) was opened in 2010 with an enrollment of thirty students. The word quickly spread among the surrounding villages that the education young children were receiving was far superior to that of the public school. Currently there are over 500 children enrolled in the school.

Partners in Mission opened the doors of Good Shepherd Kindergarten and Primary School to give children a strong foundation for advancement to Kamwenge Secondary School. While primary education is offered in the public school system in Uganda, the teaching methods and classroom environments can be lacking.

Areas of Studies at GSK include learning English and Christian values by well-trained, caring teachers using up to date teaching methods in disciplined classrooms.

At GSK, students learn the fundamentals of reading and writing and they are prepared to continue to advance their studies. We take this kind of basic education very much for granted in the US but before GSK these kids did not have a straightforward way to master the basics. This creates a cycle of poverty as vocational options become limited as a child grows older.

Now, the children of Kamwenge have a foundation on which to advance their studies. And also, the entire community has begun to more highly value education and learning as a child’s birthright.

In November of 2017 the first group of students to complete all grade levels at GSK graduated, ready to move on to more advanced study at Kamwenge Secondary School.

This kind of educational advancement and love of learning is essential to create future possibilities for joining the modern economy and creating financial prosperity for the entire community.