The youth chaplain for Kampala Archdiocese’s Entebbe Vicariate, Rev. Fr. George William Ssentamu has cautioned students against engagement in sexual relations saying this is a hindrance to their studies and compromise to their good future. “Boyfriend-girlfriend relations are time wasting and a compromise to your studies; at school you have only enough time for your books and consulting your teachers not coupling. You must know that by engaging in such activities, you are only giving the devil a chance to manipulate you,” he warned.
Fr. Ssentamu was on Saturday conducting a dedication service for Senior One finalists of St.Balikuddembe Senior Secondary School located in Ntenjeru-Kisoga Town Council in Mukono district, where he blessed the 240 candidates who are writing their examinations beginning from late this month.
The youthful and modern catholic priest who has showcased a rare way of delivering his sermon with the language which befits the youngsters, characterized with music attracted the attention of each and every person in attendance, the parents inclusive,for more than an hour he spent while preaching.That attracted clapping, chorus singing and other forms of responses from the very attentive and active audience which has been so pleasant to the fact that at certain moments, Fr. Ssentamu couldn’t hesitate to dance for them. Without mincing words, Fr. Ssentamu also known as ‘Embooko ya Yezu’ among followers, asked the students to desist from wearing tempting attires as they go for consultations from teachers, with the intention of diverting the teachers’ minds, and cautioned that this way they will be preparing their entry to theworld of academic failures.He haslamented that Ugandan society has gone to the dogs with the media portraying good things as the bad ones, and wrong things as the right ones. He therefore charged upcoming generations with the duty of correcting this situation. “We need to put our society back on track and you are the people to do this; do good things to others and you will find yourselves on the way to heaven,” Fr. Ssentamu advised.
He also warned the parents from discussing their home and family problems with the candidates saying that will put them off track. He therefore urged them to just give the learners encouragement that they will make it come what may. “I also don’t understand these things of the new curriculum but I am rest assured that the teachers of St. Balikuddembe Kisoga and their learners are well vast with it and they will have to pass because they have God’s favour,” he said.
The head teacher Lydia Lukwago Kagoya cautioned parents against jumping on the bandwagon of people lifting alleged new curriculum test papers from the social media in the name of helping their children to pass the exams Kagoya added that at school, they have done enough training and re-tooling for both teachers and learners which give them confidence that the candidates will make it. “If you give our learners those social media papers, you will only be confusing them; simply trust our word that in the last five years, we have done enough work to ensure good marks for our children especially given that they are the pioneer new curriculum candidates,” she said. Giving further assurances to the parents, Kagoya noted that the school was far sighted and started early training of both teachers and learners, and that they have been fine tuned for best results.The school chaplain Rev. Fr. John Mark Kato underscored the importance the school attaches to prayers, and disclosed that one fault that may lead a student to expulsion is being unreligious because he clarified, the school views unreligiousness as an act of indiscipline.Two S.4 candidates, Kiyimba Darlton and Nabirye Priscilla Patricia hailed their teachers for having done enough to get them set for the new curriculum examinations, and said that as a school, they are assured of giving out outstanding results.
