{{short description|Secondary school in Uganda}} {{Use British English|date=April 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox school | name = Mvara Secondary School | image = | motto = | established = {{start date and age|1960|01|01}} | founder = | religious_affiliation = [[Church of Uganda]] | type = [[State school|Public]] [[middle school]] and [[high school]] (8–13) | head_label = Headteacher | head = Matua Eliakim Onyiga | head_name2 = | head2 = | city = Mvara, [[Arua]] | state = [[Arua District]] | country = [[Uganda]] | coordinates = {{coord|03|01|24|N|30|55|38|E|type:edu|display=inline, title}} | enrollment = 1108 (796 males & 312 females) (2020) | faculty = | houses = | colours = | athletics = [[Rugby union|Rugby]], [[association football|football]], [[Track and field|track]], [[tennis]], [[volleyball]], [[basketball]] | nickname = | publication = | alumni = | rivals = | free_label = | website = }}
'''Mvara Secondary School''' is a mixed (day and boarding), co-educational secondary school in [[Arua District]] in the [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region]] of [[Uganda]].<ref name="1R">{{cite web|title=Mvara SS Back To The Limelight | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1130219/mvara-ss-limelight |newspaper=[[New Vision]] |date=27 February 2005 | author=New Vision |access-date=22 April 2020 |place=Kampala}}</ref>
==Location== The school is located in Mvara, ''Mvara Parish'', Arua Hill Sub-county, within the city of [[Arua]], the largest urban centre in the [[West Nile sub-region]], in northwestern Uganda. The school campus is approximately {{convert|3.5|km|0}}, by road, southeast of the [[central business district]] of Arua.<ref name="2R">{{google maps|title=Driving Distance Between Downtown Arua And Mvara Secondary School |access-date=22 April 2020 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Arua/Mvara+Secondary+School,+Arua/@3.0227873,30.9106958,15z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x176e6265a178c769:0xaa1e18867d91929c!2m2!1d30.907304!2d3.0303299!1m5!1m1!1s0x176e6247070e0b1b:0x3171f775b8ca5727!2m2!1d30.9270323!2d3.0229222!3e0}}</ref> The geographical coordinates of the school are: 03°01'24.0"N, 30°55'38.0"E (Latitude:3.023333; Longitude:30.927222).<ref name="3R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/3%C2%B001'24.0%22N+30%C2%B055'38.0%22E/@3.0217759,30.923029,2217m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d3.0233333!4d30.9272222 |title=Location of Mvara Secondary School |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>
==History== Mvara Secondary School was established in 1960 by the [[Church Missionary Society]]. With peaceful relations between faculty and students since inception, Mvara began to experience a series of student strikes beginning circa 2016. The strikes were particularly worrisome as they were of a violent nature and involved destruction of school property.<ref name="4R">{{cite web| url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/mvara-ss-students-strike-splash-feces-in-head-teachers-office- |title=Mvara SS Students Strike, Human Waste in Head teacher's Office |date=23 June 2016 |publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] |access-date=22 April 2020 |author=Robert Ariaka |location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="5R">{{cite web|title=Mvara Secondary school closed over strike |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Mvara-Secondary-school-closed-strike/688334-3276174-cl5d7k/index.html | date=1 July 2016 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |author=Felix Warom Okello and Clement Aluma |access-date=22 April 2020 | location=Kampala}}</ref>
More violence broke out in 2017, this time between students of Mvara Secondary School and [[St. Joseph’s College Ombaci]], again leading to destruction of school property at both schools.<ref name="6R">{{cite web|url=https://www.radiopacis.org/?p=9514 | title=Trace perpetrators of the recent violent attacks in Ombaci & Mvara Secondary School |publisher=Radiopacis.org |date=12 July 2017 |author=Denis Oringi |access-date=22 April 2020 | place=Arua}}</ref>
Back in 2010 the Mvara Old Students Association identified lack of career guidance at the school as a major contributor to poor academic performance of the students.<ref name="7R">{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1286009/obs-career-guidance |title=OBs Call For Career Guidance |date=22 July 2010 |newspaper=[[New Vision]] |access-date=22 April 2020 | author=Dradenya Amazia |location=Kampala}}</ref>
==Prominent alumni== Some of the prominent alumni of the school include: (a) [[Peace Proscovia|Peace Proscovia Drajole Agondua]], a professional Ugandan [[netball]] player and the current captain of the [[Uganda national netball team]], who also plays for the [[Sunshine Coast Lightning]] in the Australian Super Netball League.<ref name="8R">{{cite web|newspaper=[[New Vision]] |date=20 January 2020 |title=Peace Proscovia Believes 2020 Will Bring The Best Out Of Her |author=Fred Kaweesi | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1513694/peace-proscovia-believes-2020-bring |access-date=23 April 2020 | location=Kampala}}</ref> and (b) [[James Acidiri]], [[Parliament of Uganda|Member of Parliament]] for Maracha East County, [[Maracha District]], in the 10th Parliament (2016 - 2021)<ref name="9R">{{cite web|publisher=[[Parliament of Uganda]] | url=https://www.parliament.go.ug/mp_database/profile.php?mid=39 | title=Parliament of Uganda Members of the 10th Parliament: James Acidiri, Maracha East County, Maracha District |date=2016 | access-date=22 April 2020 | author=Parliament of Uganda |location=Kampala}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Education in Uganda]] * [[List of schools in Uganda]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://churchofuganda.org/news/rev-canon-charles-collins-andaku-elected-bishop-of-madi-and-west-nile-diocese Reverend Canon Charles Collins Andaku Elected as Next Bishop of Madi and West Nile Diocese] As of 13 November 2016.
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