EDIOFE GIRLS PRIMARY SCHOOL MARKS 100 YEARS

Ediofe girl’s pupils line up to welcome the procession after Mass. Photo by Anslem Ojaru

By Anslem Ojaru

Arua City

Ediofe girl’s primary school celebrated 100 years with great academic success since its inception in 1923.
During the centenary celebrations at the school on Sunday July 21, 2024, the school was lauded for the improved performance in the national examinations.

Mr. Christopher Ojama representative of state minister fo primary
education giving his speech

Lucy Ezaru the education officer of Ayivu division said the school was ranked top in performance among Government aided schools in the division in 2023 examinations

“Ediofe girl’s primary school has been ranked number one out of the 54 UPE primary schools in the whole division   of Ayivu and when we rank in number of pupils sitting for PLE in 2023 examinations, still Ediofe girl’s ranks number one out of 70 schools in Ayivu.”

Ms. Lucy Ezaru, the Ayivu Education Officer giving her speech at the celebrations.

Applauding the different stakeholders for their commitment to supporting the girl child education, the school head teacher sister Rosemary Akello cited a number of challenges the school is struggling with calling for support from the different stakeholders.

“We have few structures for learners and teachers, right now we have only 22 classrooms and they are not enough, they are packed there, so there is need to have a multipurpose hall, we are celebrating 100 years but we are still using the hall which was built in 1923.  Though we are sending a number of them in secondary, we still need to improve in performance, we have few teachers compared to the learners.”

Ediofe primary school head teacher delivering her speech at the celebrations

Ediofe girl’s primary school started in 1923 with 5 girls and now accommodates more than over 2500 girls pupils.