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Secondary Education<\/h1><\/span>
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Through education, the Quicken Trust is giving hundreds of children in the Ugandan village of Kabubbu the chance to escape grinding poverty. Providing a secondary education at the Trust High School means some are now achieving what was once an impossible dream \u2013 a place at university. (Higher Education<\/a>) For others, it\u2019s a route to vocational training, a job and an income. (Vocational Training<\/a>) Over 80 Kabubbu students are\u00a0regularly in further education.<\/p>\n

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The Trust High School currently has over 600 students across six school years (S1-S6). Up to 100 are partnered; the rest have fees paid by their families. Partnered children receive a free uniform, free primary healthcare and all meals as well as their education. Partners are asked to support their child all the way through secondary school. (Child Partnership)<\/a><\/p>\n

Most of the children are day pupils but almost half are boarders who stay in dormitories built on the school site. The boarders come because the school quickly established high educational standards. The income generated by their fees is crucial to the aim of making Kabubbu self-sustaining in the future.<\/p>\n

Watch: Head teacher Ben<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trust High School teachers have come to two schools in East Sussex – Mayfield C of E Primary<\/a> and Heathfield Community College<\/a> –\u00a0under a swap scheme organised through the British Council\u2019s<\/a> Global School Partnership. Several other schools have taken groups of students to Kabubbu to help with projects. These include Bede\u2019s<\/a>;\u00a0St Catherine’s College,<\/a>\u00a0Willingdon Community School<\/a>\u00a0and Ratton<\/a> in Eastbourne; Hillview School for Girls<\/a>; Burgess Hill School for Girls;<\/a> Ark William Parker Academy, Hastings<\/a> and Uplands\u00a0Community College<\/a>, Wadhurst. \u00a0Students from Kabubbu have been awarded scholarships to Bede\u2019s<\/a> and Pestalozzi International Village<\/a>, Seddlescombe.\u00a0The swaps broaden skills, knowledge and cultural awareness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt wasn\u2019t part of the plan!\u201d<\/h2>\n

The Trust High School was opened in 2006 by the Minister of Education, Geraldine Bitamazire<\/a>. For the first time, pupils completing their education at the primary school were able to go to secondary school in the village. (Primary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Quicken Trust had not planned to build a secondary school because costs are much higher. But the Trust and the Kabubbu Development Project<\/a> realised that a good primary education was almost futile if children were denied the chance to go on. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t part of the plan,\u201d<\/em> says Geoff Booker, founder of the Quicken Trust. \u201cBut what do you do \u2013 tell them to go back to growing vegetables at age 14 when they have been scoring some of the highest primary school marks in the district??\u201d\u00a0 (<\/em>Child Partnership<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Life-Changing<\/h2>\n
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Children in Kabubbu appreciate the value of the education now on offer. Across the country only 14% of students complete their education. In Kabubbu that figure is 89%.<\/p>\n

When Alice, 16, was told she had partnership to go to secondary school, she said: \u201cThis is the happiest day of my life. I cannot believe that I have been chosen for a free education.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Fred, 19, who was also selected said: \u201cThis is a wonderful opportunity that will change my life\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Many of the children who are succeeding have partners who write regularly to encourage them and share their own family news. Children take public exams at the end of Years S4 and S6. These are equivalent to GCSE and A-level in England. Many of the best students have partners who have been to visit them. (Child Partnership<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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A Mission to Succeed:<\/h2>\n

The Trust High School has set clear aims and values at its core:<\/p>\n