Uganda Secondary School Sports Association (USSSA) are pushing to have all stakeholders on board in terms of sports development.
The executive led by president Justus Mugisha spent the better part of the week in Soroti as part of the Association of Secondary School Headteachers of Uganda (ASSHU) Annual General Meeting (AGM) held at Teso College, Aloet.
The headteachers are seen as key internal stakeholders that could help USSSA make strides in the eight strategic areas of; administration, communications, competitions, governance, infrastructure and facilities, marketing, talent identification, and technical development –in the 2022-2026 period.
In this term, USSSA, according to Mugisha, seek to grow the existing competitions to include more of the disciplines like dance sport, lacrosse, woodball, beach (soccer, volleyball) and mind games plus also popularize athletics inter-school competitions.
The association has also introduced age category games but seeks to do it for all sports (U15, U16) and also start Sunday Leagues for major sports in cities and towns across the country.
USSSA has also trained 4,236 students and teachers but is now trying to encourage them to participate in the games as referees, coaches, administrators, media officers and volunteers.
Annual General Meeting
The meeting held on Saturday, 9th September was officially opened a day earlier by Hon. J.C Muyingo,Minister of State for Higher Education(MoES).
Hon.Muyingo appreciated the teachers for the work they do and to ensure that learners not only focus on academic work but also sports and vocational studies.
The meeting was chaired by the now President Bro. Augustine Mugabo , headteacher St. Henry’s College Kitovu in Greater Masaka.
During the meeting the members unanimously agreed to sue the title President instead of Chairperson.Brother Mugabo thanked USSSA led by Justus Mugisha for helping secondary schools get organized as far as participating in sports is concerned. He also thanked the schools that have recently participated in ISF World Football Championship that was held in Rabat, Morocco. The schools were St Noa Girls, Zana , Kibuli SS and Amus College.
“Endavour to always call Mr. Mugisha and ask for clarity on anything regarding participation in USSSA activities than using whats app to vent”
Bro. Augustine Mugabo, ASSHU President.
A moment of silence was observed for the departed members including Brother John Bosco Kato, Headteacher Bishop Comboni College Kambuga and USSSA Executive committee member who passed away on 16th August 2023.
Closing ceremony
The chief guest Ms. Ketty Lamaro, Permanent Secretary , Ministry of Education and Sports was represented by Enyomu Richard , Commissioner, Human Resource Management (MoES).
While giving his speech on he commended ASSHU leadership for always organizing this annual event AGM midst all the challenges and he reminded the headteachers to ensure maximum supervision of the implementation of the new curriculum.
‘The flagship government programme of secondary education remains Universal Secondary education and it is aimed at providing equitable education to Ugandan learners therefore communities should be engaged to encourage parents to take interest in education” Enyomu Richard , Commisioner Human Resource Management , Ministry of Education and Sports.
