Today, 24th January is International Education Day, lets ensure that our children receive quality education in our institutions.

The Diocese of Lodwar through the Missionary Community of St Paul the Apostle (MCSPA) and in conjunction with the Strathmore University has been organising a training of directors and head teachers of Catholic private-run schools in the Diocese of Lodwar. This training programme – dubbed Schools and Teachers Empowerment Programme (Turkana STEP) – started last May with the first module. Now we are at the next module which has been running here at Nariokotome Mission.

The emphasis of this training programme is to bring in Catholic identity into the Catholic-run schools with the virtues and ethos of a Christ-centred education. Dimensions of school leadership and improvement of teaching methods are also covered. This training will culminate in May next year when the participants will be awarded with certificates from Strathmore University.

Fr. Steven O – MCSPA