Student Characteristics
URDT sponsors the education of girls from the Kibaale District who are socioeconomically
disadvantaged and have demonstrated positive conduct and the willingness to learn.
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Two-Generation Approach
Back-Home Projects – connected development-oriented activities carried out in the
homes of the students over a period of time – and Parents Workshops – focusing on
Functional Adult Literacy and improved quality of life – support the development
of both the future and current generation.
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Microcredit Fund for Parents
Microloans to parents and guardians of Girls' School students, designed to help these rural farming
families generate more income and improve their standard of living.
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URDT Girls' School
The URDT Girls' School is a private residential school that provides free primary and secondary education with a transformational orientation to girls from very poor families in the Kibaale District of Uganda.
An Award-Winning Approach
Founded in 2000, the Girls' School is one of URDT's strategies of enhancing development in Kibaale District. Its objective is to generate a pool of enlightened female leaders by equipping talented girls from economically poor families and their parents with skills, knowledge and attitudes to enable them to become well-rounded persons, able to develop themselves, their homes and their communities and to contribute to the development of Uganda.
The school employs a two-generation approach whereby the parents/guardians and their daughters concurrently acquire personal, social and economic development skills. This is a new way of linking formal education with poverty eradication. The forward and backward linkages between the school, households/communities ensure continuous feedback on how best development can be facilitated.
The school teaches a rural development co-curriculum that is applied alongside and integrated with the government's mandatory curriculum. This unique approach promotes academic success as well as skills development for the girl students to act as change agents in their homes and communities. This is done in combination with a programme to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes of their parents or guardians.
In 2002, just two years after it opened its doors, the Girls' School received an award for its innovative achievements in female education from the Forum for African Women Educationalists. The following year, the District Inspector of Schools declared the Girls' School a model school for East Africa based on its holistic educational package for personal and rural development. Our vision is that the URDT Girls' School will serve as a model for transforming the East African education system.
News from URDT Girls' School
You can always find the latest information about the URDT Girls' School and the rest of our programmes on our News Blog.