Chemistry is one of the subjects offered from S.1 – S.6 in Teso College Aloet and in many other schools in the country.

Chemistry has contributed to the development of many nations. Chemistry plays a major role in medicine, agriculture, transport, construction and many other fields of endeavour, let alone men’s desire for leisure and cleanliness.

In the area of leisure, man derives things like alcohols, spirits and wines. In cleanliness, man makes soaps, detergents and fabrics for himself.

In schools, challenges are faced by those who try to offer the subject because of a lack of transfer of concepts to the world around them. For example, in the study of acids, the students fail to understand that acids are present in most fruits they eat when raw, such as lemons, oranges, mangoes and tomatoes. The sour flavour is caused by the presence of acids.

Furthermore, the concept of rusting is not transferred to the outside either. For example, the students fail to consider the bridges. Students and communities often go to scratch them, hence exposing the metal structures made of iron to rust-causing agents.

 

Staffing:

The department is staffed with only seven people to run four classes of four streams each at ‘O’ Level, and four streams at ‘A’ Level.

The members of the department include the following:

1 Mr. Omule Oupa Lawrence, Head of Department
2 Mr. Akung Stephen
3 Mr. Olupot John Robert
4 Mr. Echoku Samuel
5 Ms. Alupo Hedwig
6 Mr. Omooja Jonah
7 Mr. Ariko John Isaac
8 Mr. Eryenyu Joseph

 

We hope these members will add more learning and insight to the department, fostering improvement in subject performance. The Head of Department makes requisitions for the department and chairs departmental meetings. He is also responsible for allocating equal work loads to members of the department.

Challenges:

  • Mr. OKOT David Fred, who is supported by the Belgium Government, is pursuing an MSc Chemistry program at Makerere University.
  • Mr. ECHOKU Samuel is on a BSc Education distance program.
  • We hope all of these members will add more light to the department and foster improvement in subject performance.
  • The Head of Department makes requisitions for the department and chairs the departmental meetings. He allocates equal loads to members of the department.
  • The major challenge is lack of space due to the increasing enrolment in ‘O’ Level because of the Universal Secondary Education Government Programme offered by the school. There is also an increasing enrolment of S.5 students who are taking Chemistry
  • We need to replace damaged apparatus, since damage is unavoidable. The budget for the department is meagre and cannot adequately address departmental demands.
  • We need to construct another laboratory for the future use of these increasing number of students.

 

Performance

The performance in Chemistry in the last 7 years is as follows:

‘O’ LEVEL:

YEAR D1 D2 C3 C4 C5 C6 P7 P8 F9
2018 07 12 26 30 37 54 69 31 10
2017 04 08 21 34 39 36 67 49 18
2016 14 13 21 34 29 40 26 23 02
2015 07 13 18 30 40 52 27 11 06
2014 01 17 20 29 47 33 43 42 19
2013 04 08 12 23 30 42 42 49 22
2012 01 04 02 19 26 48 47 51 64
2011 02 07 11 23 27 36 47 64 58
2010 04 12 09 25 38 48 36 43 20
2009 04 04 16 14 26 35 50 53 43

 

‘A’ LEVEL:

YEAR A B C D E O F
2018
2017 01 01 08 15 19 22 —
2016 00 01 05 20 28 29 06
2015 01 02 19 13 21 19 03
2014 02 08 17 14 15 22 02
2013 01 05 11 19 13 15 01
2012 00 03 11 15 18 12 02
2011 03 01 10 16 07 32 00
2010 00 00 05 12 16 26 05
2009 00 02 03 19 19 34 13