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EMIS number certificate – Atepi Primary School, Palabek
Ministry of Education and Sports letter confirming EMIS code 2A008781 for Atepi Primary School, Palabek (Lamwo), 11 November 2026.
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Uganda
K.1 – P.7
Since 2017
EMIS 1A001687 (nursery) · 2A008781 (primary)
When conflict displaced thousands of South Sudanese families into Uganda in 2017, Atepi followed them to the Palabek Refugee Settlement. The school began in June 2017 under the trees, with pupils sitting on the ground in front of a blackboard, before the first tarpaulin classrooms went up.
Today the school teaches several hundred children from refugee and host communities, from kindergarten (K.1–K.3) to P.7, with a boarding section. In the 2023 Primary Leaving Examinations it ranked sixth of more than ninety primary schools in Lamwo District.
Even after the tarpaulin classrooms, overcrowding meant some children still studied under the trees, and classes P.1 to P.4 learned in reed-walled classrooms until 2025, when they moved into the new Classroom Block C and the kindergarten moved into Block B. In 2023 Street Child, working with HYT Uganda, built Classroom Block A for P.5 to P.7: three classrooms of interlocking soil bricks, with a 20,000-litre rainwater tank. Blocks B (kindergarten) and C (P.1 to P.4), given by Together (Switzerland), were opened on 10 October 2025, and a fence and night guards keep the school grounds safe.
School fees
Fees for 2026 (each term)
Palabek Amounts in UGX per term
| Classes | Tuition | Development | Exams | Meals | Medical | Sports | Parents' day | Total (day) | Boarding | Total (boarding) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1–P2 | 50,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 35,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 128,000 | 50,000 | 178,000 |
| P3–P5 | 70,000 | 20,000 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 153,000 | 50,000 | 203,000 |
| P6–P7 | 80,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 35,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | 178,000 | 50,000 | 228,000 |
Day pupils pay the day total each term; boarders add UGX 50,000 for boarding. New pupils also pay a registration fee of UGX 5,000 once, when they join.
Results
PLE (Uganda) 2023
6th of more than 90 primary schools in Lamwo District
1 pupilDivision 1
21 pupilsDivision 2
6 pupilsDivision 3
Where to find us
Block 3, Zone 7, Palabek Refugee Settlement, Apyeta Parish, Palabek-Ogili Sub-County, Lamwo District, Uganda · GPS 3.343297° N, 32.445003° E
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New classrooms open at Palabek
Classroom Blocks B and C, given by Together, were opened on 10 October 2025.
10 October 2025
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Pupils make the Palabek compound green
Pupils ploughed, levelled and planted grass, young trees and flowers around the classrooms.
13 July 2025
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New water tanks for Palabek
New 5,000-litre water tanks, each with its own tap, to help the school with water.
13 July 2025