ABOUT US - URU SECONDARY SCHOOL
Administration Structure
Uru Secondary school follows the administration structure of the catholic diocese of Moshi, where by (Rev Ludovick Minde) is at the top assisted by the Education Secretary who has educational advisory body and the school board.
The structure has a school head assisted by the deputy head who is a coordinator between teachers, students and non-teaching staff. The structure is then followed by the senior Academic master in line with Economic project masters, Cultural master, Discipline master and Sports and games master.
As it goes down the head of departments are found, followed by Subject teachers ,and finally students government.
VISION
To create an intelligent, hardworking and disciplined nation.
MISSION
To ensure conducive environment for high level educational development.
CORE VALUES
To have an institution of high level disciplined, prayer and hard work
GOALS
To have many educated youths that can compete in their daily life.
ABOUT URU SECONDARY SCHOOL
Uru secondary school is one of the secondary school managed by the Catholic Diocese of Moshi. The school started in 1973 with objectives of providing secondary education to the youths. It is boarding and day school. It is located in Kilimanjaro Region, Moshi District in Uru North Ward. The school is found 10km North of Moshi Town.
The glamour of mount Kilimanjaro adds color to the school environment as you enter the gate of Uru secondary school after the junction to the sacred heart Uru Roman Catholic Church and adjacent to Uru primary school and Uru dispensary.
OUR OBJECTIVES
- To cultivate and develop in sustainable reading culture for both students and teachers
- To create a conducive learning environment that is supportive to the entire process of teaching and learning.
- To improve and enhance students and staff knowledge and skills in information and technology
- To enhance individual capacities in demonstrating talents and innovations for the betterment of oneself and the society.
- To maintain and improve the academic performance of students in internal and external examination.
- Promote and maintain discipline and social welfare of all individuals during and after schooling
- To build and strengthen good relationship between the school and society around.
- To maintain and install infrastructures so as to uplift society educational requirement.
- To create situation to enroll more students according to school infrastructural capacity.
- To have wise management of material and human resource management.
- To motivate and ensure that staff work tirelessly and harmoniously in executing their daily duties.
- To create various income generating projects.
OPERATIONAL AREA COVERAGE
The school works in operation with diocesan education directives and governance in the national educational policy.
The school internal operation is executed by headmaster and his subordinates in collaboration with all staff and students.
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
The school performs several activities including educational curriculum implementation and extra-curricular activities like initiation and management of various projects (dairy, piggery maize and banana farms, vegetable garden, milling, bakery and shop) and sports and games.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
The School has managed to achieve the following;
- Enough and stable staff.
- Good performance in internal and external examinations.
- Management and utilization of human and material resources.
- Enroll reasonable number of able students.
- Development of income generating projects.
- To have good relationship and co-operation with parents in maintaining disciplined and academic excellence.
CHALLENGES
Together with the achievements listed above, the school is still facing the following challenges
- Lack of school multipurpose hall
- Shortage of staff quarters
- Registering enough students to cater the school capacity
- Some parents failing to pay their due children school fees in time