This break is the most important one of the year for academics because the O-Level (Secondary Four) and A-Level (Secondary Six) candidates will take their National Exams just a few shorts weeks after returning in mid-September. We have limited the Holiday Training to those candidates and the two forms below them.
Many, but not all, of our students have the Booksense player which enables them to listen to the day’s lessons or books that have been scanned during their off hours. Others will read their Braille notes, which have been typed over the past few years, bound and carefully guarded. Achieving a Division I or II result is extremely important for these students to reach their dream of attending college. Their aspirations range from lawyer to journalist to teacher and other careers.
Even with their parents help, to afford the travel and living expenses associated with university level, some scholarship will be needed. Achieving at least three scores at the top level will assure a spot and some scholarship funding.
We are particularly proud of our brave A-Level candidates who have chosen to sit for the Sub-Computer Mandatory Test from which they are exempt. These three are path-breakers for all Ugandan blind and visually-impaired students, proving that they are capable of mastery if they are given a chance. Komakech Denis, Okumu Denis and Jaspher, we are cheering you on!
Yes indeed its amazing to have these wonderful and brilliant, yet visually impaired take this very important exam in their lives for the best of their future. Something that is quite unbelievable and unexpected in the world out there, actually will soon become a reality at Gulu High School, Uganda.
Forever grateful to all the donors for their kind heartedness, that they have made it possible to bring a great change upon the lives of these vulnarable, yet smart students. Cheers!