Welcome to the St. Teresa Education Centre
Overview
St Teresa Education Centre is a private not for profit school that offers holistic education at day-care, pre-primary and primary levels of education i.e. from 2 years to 12 to 13 years. The School is located in Karugangama Village, Nyamitanga Division, Mbarara City. The school offers both local and international curriculum with blended co-curricular educational skills that help children develop problem-solving, reasoning, critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, and collaborative abilities.
The school is guided by a set of values that include inclusion, creativity and accountability. The school puts a child and their family at the centre of all learning processes.
Leadership & Organization
St Teresa Education Centre was founded by Dr. Viola Nilah Nyakato and Dr. Gad Ruzaaza in 2021. The motivation to establish a not-for-profit preschool and primary education centre was informed by a population structure of an up-coming city of Mbarara and the changing family structure which demands that men and women equally engage in competitive and gainful employment. Such development trends require that parents find a learning environment for the little ones.
The school is named after Dr. Viola Nilah Nyakato’s grandmother (Maria Teresa) a refugee woman who did not have formal education but ensured that her children and grandchildren access and value education. The Centre’s guardian saint is St. Teresa of Calcutta, the saint for the unborn, sick, the abandoned and the destitute and a patron saint of World Youth Day.
Katete Ward, Mbarara City South, Mbarara South Division,
Early childhood education centre
Service is Joy
STEC offers a blend of Montessori methods and Reggio Emelia approach.
Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play. In Montessori classrooms children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the highly trained teacher offer age-appropriate activities to guide the process
The Reggio Emilia approach is an educational philosophy and pedagogy focused on preschool and primary education. This approach is a student-centered and constructivist self-guided curriculum that uses self-directed, experiential learning in relationship-driven environments. The programme is based on the principles of respect, responsibility and community through exploration, discovery and play.
Our vision
Hands-on learning that demonstrates attitudes, knowledge and skills for life-long learning for participation and contribution to national and global development.
Our mission
Child centered inclusive education for diverse, creative and collaborative learning that embraces family and community participation.
Curriculum
A branded Pre and Primary National Curriculum – Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports founded on a student-centered and constructivist self-guided teaching philosophy.