BIO - DATA
Name: The Late
John Chrysostom Kiwanuka
Sex: Male
Age:
91 years
Date
of Birth: 27th
July 1919
Date
of Death: 12th
June 2010
District
of Birth: Luweero
Postal
Address: C/O St. Mary’s College Kisubi, P. O. Box 26, Kisubi.
Nationality: Ugandan
No.
of Children: 7 one died
EDUCATION
BACKGROUND
School Years Achievement
St.
Mary’s College Kisubi 1937 – 1940 Cambridge
School Certificate &
Makerere
Admission’ Certificate
Makerere College 1941 - 1943 Diploma
in Education –Secondary
Nottingham University
1948 –June 1951 B. Sc (Maths &
Geog)
WORKING
EXPERIENCE
1) Nandere Primary
School
– 1944 – 1945
2) Lubaga Junior
Secondary School – 1946 – 1947
(transfer was meant to ease his following up of a scholarship awarded by
Buganda Government to go and study for a degree in United Kingdom.
3) St. Mary’s College Kisubi (October
1951 – 2001), after returning to Uganda and was appointed after
applying to be posted there, becoming the 1st Ugandan University
Graduate Teacher as per records at the Ministry of Education.
4) Deputy Headmaster at St. Mary’s
College Kisubi from 1957; last appointment as Deputy Headmaster at St. Mary’s
College Kisubi was from 1969 to 1980.
The Late J C Kiwanuka retired officially from the teaching service at
the end of 2001, making 50 years of active teaching at St. Mary’s College
Kisubi and 58 years in the Uganda
Education Service.
5) Minister of Education in the
Democratic Party (DP) Government (1960/1961).
It is noted that since there were not enough teachers to handle Higher School
students, the Late J C Kiwanuka used to drive to St. Mary’s College Kisubi and
most of his lessons were in evenings and at night. At times he would teach after sessions in the
National Assembly.
6) Having been President of Uganda
Teachers Association (UTA) for some 5 to 6 years until 1961 and armed with the
problems that existed in the profession, and following the Lawrence Commission
Report with some adjustments, the DP Government acted on:
Achievements
i.
Improving
teachers’ salaries and conditions of service;
ii.
They
enacted the Teachers’ Pension Scheme for all teachers;
iii.
Equalized
salaries of male and female teachers of the same grades;
iv.
Awarded
300 scholarships to suitable candidates in all walks of life including tailors,
shoe makers, to mention some;
v.
Started
Higher School Certificate in Girls’ Schools including Gayaza High School,
Mt. St. Mary’s College Namagunga, and
Trinity College Nabingo;
vi.
Some
schools were given Initial Government Grants, for example Bishop SS Mukono,
Kibuli SS, Christ the King Girls’ School Kalisizo, Mary Hill Girls’ School, and
Kiira College Busoga.
vii.
They
enacted the Board of Governors’ Rules for Secondary Schools and Teachers’
Colleges;
viii.
The
Teachers’ Conditions of service were enacted.
President
of St. Mary’s College Old Boys’ Association
1. The Late J C Kiwanuka’s going
to Britain – Nottingham University
for a B. Sc (Mathematics & Geography) degree; having been at Makerere College was an eye opener. They had been told that Cambridge School
Certificate was useless (hence the Makerere Admission Examinations), and on
going to Britain
he found that Cambridge School Certificate was the door to the University.
2. Back to Uganda and as a
teacher at St. Mary’s College Kisubi, the Late J C Kiwanuka wanted to kick the
door open for more admissions at Makerere, this is so as starting Higher School
Certificate (HSC) was on his mind. He
had noted that there was a lot of wastage of manpower under the deliberate
policy of the colonialists which did not recognize the potential of Ugandan
students and saw them incapable of going degree courses at University.
3. The Late J C Kiwanuka talked
over the matter of starting Higher School Certificate (HSC) with the Late
Brother Louis Chounard and Brother Oscar Rogers both former Headmasters of St.
Mary’s College Kisubi. The Brother Head
teachers were very keen on the idea.
4. While President of St. Mary’s
Old Boys Association, the Executive Committee of the Association made an
appointment with the Late Governor Andrew Cohen to discuss the matter. The Governor met them, they discussed the
matter and on the occasion of St. Mary’s Celebration of the 50th
Anniversary, Sir Andrew Cohen broke the news that he had allowed the school to
start Higher School Certificate (HSC), this was on August 19, 1956.
Was
on various School Boards including:
1) Chairman Board of Governors Trinity
College Nabingo – more than 20 years;
2) Vice Chairman of Board of
Governors St. Joseph Technical Institute – more than 20 years;
3) Chairman Management Committee
of Savio & Kabojja Junior Schools – more than 20 years;
4) Chairman Management Committee
of St. Theresa Girls’ School for over 20
years;
5) Member of Board of Governors of
St. Henry’s Girls SS Buyege – 4 years;
6) Member of Board of Governors of
Uganda Martyrs High School
Lubaga - 4 years;
7) Chairman of Board of Governors
of St. Andrews SS Kasaala since it started up to 2007;
8) Member of Board of Governors of
St. Joseph Nsambya Girls SS – 3 years.
Roles
while President of Uganda
Teachers’ Association
UATA which later became UTA was
accepted as a member of World Confederation of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP)
during the Late J C Kiwanuka’s Presidency of the Association.
The
Late J C Kiwanuka Excelled in teaching Mathematics
1. The Late J C Kiwanuka excelled
in teaching Mathematics. It is important
to note that his classes have had students from
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania,
Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire,
Sudan, Ethiopia, and the Seychelles. He had in his hands a wide spectrum of students
who included the religious, the ordinary students from many African tribes,
Goan and Indian students. And all the
above had always been attracted to Makerere
University, his original
University. Many professionals in
Science and other disciplines are what they are partly because of the
background he gave them in Mathematics.
2. He was a great teacher who set
exemplary deeds for students and citizens of Uganda
and those from outside Uganda.
3. The Late J C Kiwanuka was once
appointed by the Ministry of Education to conduct Mathematics lessons on UTV in
the mid 1960s; and eventually, to teach the subject in form of a refresher
course to newly recruited student pilots at Entebbe.
4. In 1965 he was awarded a USA
Government scholarship to do a sabbatical in America
in view of helping to introduce new aspects in the teaching of Mathematics in Uganda.
Other
roles he played:
1. The Late J C Kiwanuka donated
part of his land at home to Bamugolodde
Church in Luweero.
2. A member of Busiro Ssaza
Council in the late 1950’s.
3. R C 1 Kisubi member (Treasurer
1986 – 1996).
‘MAY
HIS SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE’
DUC
IN ALTUM
By William Kituuka Kiwanuka
World Bank Group President
Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank Group
Entrepreneur and Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India
