Lajara who offers History, Literature and Divinity, aspires to become a teacher, was all praises for her school which she admits has for the last close to six years transformed her into a disciplined and straight-minded young woman.
In a rare show of commitment for best academic performance, a Senior Six female student of St. John Senior Secondary School located at Namuyenje village in Nakisunga sub-county, Mukono district, forfeited the natural enjoyment of holiday happiness with her family for the sake of concentration on her revision at school.
Eunice Lajara who hails from Gulu district, last term pleaded with her headteacher, Henry Ssali Ssentongo to let her stay at school during the holiday period for better concentration on her books.
In an interview with Kyaggwe TV, a social media news platform on Tuesday shortly after arrival of her colleagues from holidays, Lajara admitted that at home she cannot resist temptations of spending most of her time on social media especially on phone recording and posting Tiktok videos, which she confessed compromises her ability to concentrate on books.
Lajara who offers History, Literature and Divinity, aspires to become a teacher, was all praises for her school which she admits has for the last close to six years transformed her into a disciplined and straight-minded young woman.
“I chose to stay at school on my own accord and I am very comfortable with my colleagues hailing from different regions of the country as they do not give a damn about my ethnicity”, Lajara, an Acholi, proudly said.
Following the love for her school, Lajara has convinced her parents to bring to St. John’s two of her siblings, and adds that her parents are comfortable with her stay at the school.
The headteacher, Henry Ssali Ssentongo said he was touched by his learner’s plea to stay at school during holidays and so sought clearance from the education department to avoid being caught off guard by mistakenly taking him for coaching.
Elsewhere, Ssentongo noted that although many parents are faced with financial constraints, a big percent of his learners have reported for the new term, and appealed to the rest who are still caught up with the financial constraints to approach the bursar’s office for some friendly payment mode.
“We have entered negotiations with the parents to pay in instalments outside the traditional bank slip system to enable learners to report back on schedule,” the headteacher said.