HISTORY

Circle Peace School was founded in Uganda in 1994 as a nursery school (tutoring center) for children whose parents could not afford school fees. In most cases she was simultaneously teaching children how to read and how to understand the word of God. It was challenging work.

As a teacher at Buganda Primary School, Joanita had seen children denied an education due to their family’s inability to pay school fees. She recognized the need to help these children learn to read, write, count and realize their ability to discover. The experience showed her how neglected and illiterate some children were.

In 1993, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) sought to establish pre-primary education. Though the Ugandan government did not support pre-primary education, Ms. Senoga considered schooling at this level an absolute necessity. At that time, nursery schools existed only in big cities. These schools were too far away and too expensive for the families of Makindye.

In 1994, the widow of the late Zebiya Sebugwawo offered to rent a plot of land for a school at a relatively low cost in the Mubarak zone Kyadondo sub-county Makindye Division. There was a small permanent house to which temporary structures were annexed. This was the beginning of an effort to satisfy the great need for children’s basic education without discrimination.

Teacher Joanita, the proprietress standing back on your on your left, teacher Harriet back on your right, and the 24 kids who started Peace Infant School.