Growing up in the rural parts of Uganda, schooling was not really a priority. The limited interest was was partly because of the longer distance to school, little motivation and unfavourable school environment i.e. lack of school feeding programs.
I did not have the privilege to attend nursery school simply because they were not hard of. I straight away joined Okude Primary School from 1992-1995. We later moved to Obalanga were i enrolled in Amoni Primary School from 1996-1998. I sat for Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) but astonishingly, i had no idea about post primary school. When results were returned, i passed in Div II with 22 aggregates.
Given the socio-economic status of our family, i could not join a prominent boarding school. I instead joined Amuria High School, Amuria district in 1999. It was at this time that i heard of something called interviews. I can vividly recall the type of questions i was asked and the teacher who interviewed me. While in Amuria High School, my mind started to open up and i started to believe in my self and also see the value of Education. Regardless of my background, i only missed position one once (S1 term 1). I sat for Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) in 2002. I obtained 20 Aggregates (Div 1) and this made me even believe in myself the more.
