Lukenya Schools mark
20 years of hard work
By Martin Masai
LUKENYA Schools are
this year celebrating 20 years since the first of their institutions was
founded.But much as attainment of 20 years of great academic achievement is a great deal
for a school by any standards, Lukenya Schools are seemingly taking it in their
stride. To mark the day, the schools hosted what looked like a routine event- a
Prize Giving Day. It is a routine in all their schools each year
This time round, they collapsed the Prize Giving Day to one
huge, memorable event that will be remembered for many years, creating a new
feature in the history of the Schools. The Prize Giving event is one of the
many events that the school is undertaking to mark then 20 years.
“ We want to mark the anniversary, not as an episode, but as
an experience. We are reflecting on the road we have traversed for the last 20
years as we focus on the way forward”, said a philosophical Director of Lukenya
Schools, Mrs Martha Mulwa, herself an accomplished teacher.
According to Mr Bernard Lugado- Head teacher of Lukenya
Academy, the 20th Anniversary for Lukenya Schools is a commemoration of a great vision fulfilled and built on a
foundation of success.
The Academy has become a school where children undergo value
addition through carefully selected programmes and get grafted to become successful citizens, Mr Lugado
says.
He goes on “ The vision is God-fearing. It gives space for
interdenominational pastoral work where all faiths are recognized. Holistic,
disciplined, morally upright, emotionally stable characters and a solid
academic foundation are out core products here”.
Mr Lugado says Lukenya Academy’s secret lies in pursuing an
open policy with children- where all- including teachers- listen to one another
and co-operate without instilling morbid fear in how teacher s and pupils
relate.
“ We carefully input values of integrity, honesty and good
citizenship so that the children grow up as acceptable people. We are driven by
our school mottos- STRATEGY- a thinking that a design or a is desirable to
attain higher goals,” says the head teacher.
Students in the school are told, he adds, that the education
process they are undergoing in an investment in them by their parents who bear
great costs. “ All we require them to give in return are god results. They
hardly fail us”, he adds.
Over the years, the school has grown by leaps and bounds,
proving separate schools for boys and girls and a British curriculum school and
at the same time providing bursaries for children whose parents are unable to
pay fees as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility undertaking.
