About our school
The Loreto Primary School – Maker Kuei is adjacent to the Loreto Girls Secondary School and started in 2010 with a kindergarten class, to serve the children living in the Maker Kuei community.
Although coeducational, it serves as a pipeline for girls from the local community to attend the secondary school after obtaining a high quality primary education.
To ensure this, fifty percent of registration slots are reserved for girls.
To ensure that our students are well equipped to learn, the Loreto Primary School provides a daily meal to each student as well as free medical care for basic ailments.
The school strives to create a safe and nurturing environment for the development of young minds in Maker Kuei.
Student life
At present, the day school serves more than 600 students in Primary 1 through 8, who study CRE, Dinka, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
The students also supplement their studies with sports and afterschool programs focused on drama, girl child education and empowerment, science exploration, coding/robotics, engineering, and literacy and mathematics support.
In each class, two student monitors - one boy and one girl assist with class management, and each year, the school appoints a Head Boy and Head Girl from the Primary 8 class to serve as representatives for the student body.
A select group of upper primary school students also serve as Rangers, responsible for flag-raising and comportment during school assembly sessions.
The Challenge - keeping girls in school
Female children in South Sudan face extreme adversity in the pursuit of academic success
In 2017, South Sudan was ranked as the world’s most difficult nations for girls to receive an education.
