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The Magooli Children's Education Center - Namayingo
Welcome
The Magooli Children's Education Center - Namayingo (MCEC) has been an ongoing project of CCCU’s since March of 2018. This ongoing labor of love could not have been possible without the help of our donors, workers, educators, and of course the children. CCCU believes that with education as a foundation, children can have endless opportunities.
The school
MCEC is the only non-profit school in the entire Namayingo District and it supports 336 orphans and destitute children across six different class levels (Baby, Middle, Top, Primary one, Primary two, Primary three, and Primary four).
There are eleven teachers, one headmaster, a nurse and a cook on the campus that are in charge of the day to day activities at MCEC. The nursery school is made up of three classes: the baby class has 71 children, the middle has 49 children , and the top class has 43 children. The primary school has four classes. Primary one has 43 children, primary two has 50 children, primary three has 50 children, and primary four has 30 children.
The teachers use syllabus and curriculum designed by the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC) of Uganda. Subjects taught are: Numbers, Health Habit, Language Development 1, Language Development 2, and Social Development.
Teachers apply several methods of teaching in their daily lessons. Some of the methods they use are, guided discovery, discussions, and continuous assessment. The current lack of a computer has proved to be a bit of a challenge when it comes to giving daily assignments to the children.
Classrooms are teacher-oriented and the teaching style is exclusively frontal. This means that the students sit at their desk in a passive, but receptive mode focusing on the teacher at the front of the classroom who is actively involved in teaching.
The children have an eight hour school day Monday - Friday with additional time on Saturday for bible lessons.
- 7:00AM--------------------------Arrive
- 10:00-11:00AM----------------Break
- 1:00-2:00PM--------------------Lunch
- 3:30-4:00PM--------------------Games & Sports
- 4:00PM---------------------------Departure
Looking Forward
MCEC has been providing quality education to children since February of 2019. The amount of growth we have seen in not only the children and community, but in CCCU as an organization has been wonderful. As we grow we hope to continue to bring the best opportunities to the Magooli community. With that being said, MCEC is only a fraction of the way done! The original plans for MCEC include a library, nurses station, fencing, and a courtyard-like activity area. MCEC is a long term project that we hope will provide education to the community for years and years to come.