Principals letter to the parents, guardians and sponsors of Junior Craft students.

Dear all,
I thank you for the cooperation over the last term, the second term for our Junior Craft students. The term has been peaceful and running well with only minor problems.

The discipline of the students and the cooperation between staff and students is good and conducive to students training and the institute’s development. We have all appreciated the opening of the new Tailoring department, as the improved gender balance has up-lifted the general environment of the institute at large.

Please, together with this letter receive your student’s report card and the Bank slip. On the report card you can follow the performance of your student and the bank slip is for payment of the parents contributions as per the decision of the PTA. The fee structure is as follows:

Junior Craft (private) 90.000/= + 2.500/= (bank charge) Total = 92.500/=

Junior Craft (UPPET) 22.000/= + 2.500/= (bank charge) Total = 24.500/=

Since the beginning of the year 2007 we have not yet received any funds from the Government towards the UPPET program. However, we hope to get the funds within this month so the program can continue un-interrupted. On that note we appreciate the contributions from our commercial sections: The Motor Vehicle Garage, The Carpentry & Joinery Workshop and the Mechanical Engineering Workshop.

In fact those workshop contributes more than 700.000/= to the training section per month. This contribution enables the institute to offer the best training possible.

The next term for the Junior Craft students will start on Monday the 17th September 2007.

N.B. Students who wish to sit for Trade Test Examination under DIT/Directorate of Industrial Training in conjunction with the Ministry Education and Sports are to pay additional 55,000/= for exam registration and administrative costs. The Trade Test is expected to be conducted in November 2007

Yours sincerely,


_______________________
Soren Christensen, Principal.

“Big” officials visits Annual Craft exams.

Visit by UNEB officials
Apart from regular visits from the UNEB scouts St. Joseph’s T I was honored by a visit by UNEB Secretary, Mr. Matthew Bukenya and Professor Lutalo Bosa. The two were guided around the campus by Deputy Principal Mr. Kiiza Francis.

The visitors said “we are very impressed and amazed by the magnitude of St. Joseph’s Technical Institute’s workshops, buildings, machines and equipment. A well organized place like this is rarely seen in Uganda”. Mr. Bukenya also advised the Principal to upgrade the institute to a college. The principal thanked Mr. Bukenya for the advice and continued “St. Joseph’s TI has more than 300 students at the moment. Students who would need Diploma courses has the opportunity to go to our “big brother”, UTC Kichwamba.

Craft Exams
This years Craft exams started on Friday the 22nd June 2007 with the official briefing. More than 50 students were present and received advice from UNEB’s area supervisor Mr Sam Byagweri, The Principal, Mr. Soren Christensen, The Dean of Studies, Mr. Kiiza BA Francis and a number of Heads of Department and Instructors.

Mr. Byagweri Sam encouraged the students to carefully study the dispatched rules and regulations. He also reminded that the conduct of the exercise would be strict, because exams are a serious matter, which will have impact on the lives of the candidates.

Full of Gods spirit and good food
On Sunday the 24th the institute invited all candidates and instructors to mass in Virika Cathedral followed by a joint lunch at the institute campus, Kinyamasika. The purpose was for the institute to contribute to the best outcome of the exams and at the same time wish the candidates’ good luck.

Many candidates and instructors attended the mass and even more attended the lunch. The institute was happy to announce that there was enough food and drinks for all to get satisfied. The Dean of Studies proposed that this function should be turned in to a tradition, which could improve the performance of the candidates and the institute at large.

Full of Gods spirit and good food the participants departed the institute at about 4.00 pm. Ready to take on the next days exams papers.

The exams ended on the 6th of July with the 40 hours Mechanical Engineering practical exam. The Instructors who had a chance to study the exam papers after the respective exams are all optimistic that the majority of the candidates will pass.