Educate children for tomorrow’s world- British Counsel

The Head of Communications at the British High Commission in Kampala, Mr Samuel Paice has urged students to utilize the skills gained at the school to become better global citizens, arguing that school is just one step that is meant to prepare them for a long future ahead of them.

Mr Paice made the comments at the sixth graduation ceremony of Kampala International School Uganda on Friday where he also called upon parents and teachers to prepare children for the world.

A total of fifteen students, received their completion certificates for the IB Diploma from KISU ahead of the full release of the examination results by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) in July this year.

“The IB Diploma equips you with all the necessary skills to fit in the outside world,” Mr Paice said.

The IB Diploma Programme is an alternative to pre- university programmes like the local A-levels and KISU is one of only three schools in Uganda to offer the programme; that is recognized by all leading universities worldwide. To date, a total of 90 students have completed the course from KISU.

On his part, Mr. Neil Wrightson, the School Director encouraged the students to aim for the best in life and not to be afraid of making mistakes.

“You are going on the biggest journey of your life. Do not be afraid to make mistakes. Because the truth is that no matter how well you plan things, things will go wrong, people will let you down but some other people will move heaven and earth for you; do not forget to say thank you,” he advised.

On behalf of the Class of 2015, Ms. Ingrid Saito, praised both the IB Diploma and KISU for having given them a strong foundation on which they would place the building blocks of a great future ahead.

“We are nothing but the fruits of your labour,” she told the parents and quickly reminded her fellow students not to be afraid of failure.

“Remember, sunshine everyday causes a desert; whenever you are faced with drizzles remember always to seize the day,” she said.

Several students received awards and honours with Ms. Ingrid Saito bagging the highest number of awards. She was the only winner of the High Honours award, an award for students scoring an average of 5.8 or 35 point and above. She also bagged the Effort Award in Mathematics as well as 3 Attainment Awards in Mathematics, English and Biology.

Described as the Lighthouse in the class by her classmates, Saito is heading to the Waseda University in Tokyo to study International Relations.

Edoardo Bosi, the first student to complete the IB Diploma Music Course - performed Die Forever, one of his original compositions while a quartet of KISU students also performed Destination- another of his compositions.
Edoardo has been admitted to study Music Production at dBs Music Berlin, in Germany

About KISU

KISU is a non-selective, co-educational school for 2-18 year olds, offering an enhanced English National Curriculum for 2-14 year olds, followed by 2-year IGCSE (Cambridge) courses for 14-16 year olds, and finally the pre–university IB Diploma Programme for 16-18 year olds.
To enroll for the diploma, a student needs to have scored at least 5 credits in five major subjects at O-level or their equivalent at the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE).
The school has over 600 students from more than 60 nationalities. Staffs are drawn mainly from the UK, Canada, Australia, USA, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Uganda. This ensures a wide exposure to cultures and languages.
The school which is part of the RupareliaGroup, migrated to their purpose built 14-acre campus on the 3rd September, 2008.

KISU is also accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)