Shimoni Primary Teachers College (SPTC) is a

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that trains primary school teachers in

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. The college has an attached primary school, Shimoni Demonstration School, where the trainee teachers practice and sharpen their teaching skills.

Location

The college is located in a neighborhood called

Kitikifumba Kitikifumba is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Kitikifumba is bordered by Bulindo to the east, Mulawa to the southeast, downtown Kira to the south, the village o ...

, in

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, in

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, in the Central Region of Uganda. This location is approximately , by road, north-east of

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, the

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and largest city of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of the teachers college are:0°25'24.0"N, 32°37'57.0"E (Latitude:0.423333; Longitude:32.632500).

History

The college and demonstration school were started by Ugandan Asians in 1952. In 2006, the college was temporarily relocated to

Mbale Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. Location Mbale is approximately northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, on ...

, approximately , by road, east of Kampala, and the demonstration school temporarily relocated to ''Kololo Primary School'' in Kampala. The piece of land in the

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, where the institution was originally housed, was leased to an investor, who started to erect Kampala Intercontinental Hotel on the site. The

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acquired in Kitifumba, where it constructed a new college at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion at that time), with capacity of 450 student-teachers. During the construction, the Shimoni student-teachers were accommodated at Nyondo Teacher Training College in Mbale. The teacher training college opened in January 2011. In January 2018, the construction of the new Shimoni Demonstration School in Kitikifumba was completed and the school was opened.

References

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External links

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Uganda: New Shimoni Teachers' College Opens in Kira Town
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