Shine FM
  Stream radio
Menu
Shine FM
  2. Education
  3. Ngai Senior Secondary School regains lost glory despite persistent shortages

Ngai Senior Secondary School regains lost glory despite persistent shortages

28 November 2025, 9:43 am

Current status of Ngai Senior Secondary School.

By Okello Solomon

Ngai Senior Secondary School has regained its lost glory, recording growth in student enrolment, staff numbers, and modern infrastructure. This was highlighted during the Parents Teachers’ Association (PTA) Annual General Meeting for the 2025 academic year, held on 27 November. The meeting brought together PTA members, board representatives, and local authorities, who all witnessed the school’s revival, marked by new classrooms and laboratories.

Despite these successes, the school continues to face challenges, including a shortage of dormitories for both boys and girls, inadequate water supply, lack of transport, insufficient power, and an unfenced compound.

Headteacher Janani Okot acknowledged these challenges, noting that they have hindered further progress despite the gains made over the past two years. He proposed the establishment of a PTA project to generate funds beginning in 2026, as earlier resolved by the committee.

Janani Okot, Headteacher of Ngai Secondary School, on the PTA project, Lango.

PTA Chairperson Beatrice Auma Okello, who also serves as Secretary for Education in Oyam District Local Government, explained that the committee had initially considered increasing school fees by 75,000 shillings per term, along with a one-off contribution of a bag of cement. However, after a spirited discussion, parents agreed on a more modest increment of 41,000 shillings per term, plus a single bag of Tororo cement to be paid once.

Hon Beatrice okello on resolution, Lango.

Local authorities, including LC3 Chairperson of Ngai Sub-county Jimmy Anywar, Sub-county Chief Joel Atine, and GISO Walter Okello, thanked the school authorities and parents for their efforts in restoring the prominent learning institution. They pledged their full support moving forward.

Board Chairperson Emmanuel Oyuku Ocen commended the PTA and School Management Committee for their initiative, noting that the project will help address current challenges and enable Ngai Senior Secondary School to fully regain its excellence in academics, sports, and other areas.