Jinja College


Jinja College is a Government Aided, Boys, Boarding, O and A’ level School, found in Jinja.

History

The school was founded in 1946 as a junior school by the Mill Hill Missionary fathers. It became a government aided school and upgraded to secondary status in 1965. In 1981, the school was upgraded again to A’ level status offering Arts and Science subjects.

Administration

Jinja college is run according to an established administrative structure in the hierarchy below;
Ministry of Education and Sports, The Board of Governors, Head teacher, Deputy Head teacher, Staff, Students’ leadership and Students

Location

District : JINJA
County : JINJA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
Sub-County : KIMAKA – MPUMUDDE
Parish : RUBAGA
Distance from Jinja town centre: 2 Kilo meters.

Curriculum

The following are 16 subjects offered at O’ LEVEL
1. Mathematics * 9. English language*
2. Literature in English 10. French language
3. Physics* 11. Chemistry *
4. Biology* 12. Agriculture
5. Technical Drawing 13. History*
6. Geography* 14. Fine Art
7. Christian Religious Education 15. Entrepreneurship
8. Computer studies 16. Physical Education
At A’ LEVEL the school offers the following subjects;
Sciences
1.Mathematics
2. Physics
3. Chemistry
4. Biology
5. Agriculture
6. Technical Drawing
Arts
7. Literature in English
8. History
9. Geography
10. Christian Religious
11. Entrepreneurship
12. Art and craft
13. Economics
14. General Paper
A combination of four subjects plus General paper is selected by the student from the above subjects depending on the student’s ability and desired career.

Academic trends

Despite challenges/shortcomings, there has been consistency in academic performance for the last ten years. The school is pursuing its academic targets with precision. Its target is that no student fails to go to the next level. The school has employed a multidimensional approach involving strengthening all academic departments, intensifying monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of academic programs, increasing and improving counseling services, building and maintaining physical infrastructures, improving management systems, improving and maintaining good discipline among others.