By Spy Uganda
Bulaga, Wakiso District – Amid the excitement surrounding today’s released 2025 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results, a brilliant but financially constrained student from God Cares High School in Bulaga, along Mityana Road, is appealing for government support to enable him pursue his dream career in aerospace engineering.
Reagan Gibril Tusiime emerged the best student at the school after scoring an impressive 20 points in the Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) combination, the highest performance among the 72 candidates who sat their UACE examinations at the institution.
According to the results released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), Tusiime obtained straight As in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, alongside an A in General Paper and a subsidiary pass in ICT.
Despite the stellar performance, the young scholar now faces a daunting uncertainty — whether he will actually manage to join university due to his family’s modest financial situation.
Tusiime, who studied at the privately run God Cares High School in Bulaga, says his academic excellence was deliberately driven by one goal: securing a government scholarship.
“I worked extremely hard because I knew my parents cannot afford university tuition. My hope is to get a government scholarship so that I can continue with my studies,” he explained.
The soft-spoken top performer harbors an ambitious dream of studying Aerospace Engineering, a field he believes still holds vast unexplored potential for humanity.
“I see better potential in aerospace because there are many improvements that humanity has not yet exploited. I would like to contribute to that field,” he said.
However, if the opportunity to study aerospace engineering does not materialize within Uganda, Tusiime says he would gladly pursue Mechanical Engineering at Makerere University as his second option.
A Dream Built On Sacrifice
Tusiime’s determination is rooted in the humble sacrifices of his parents.
His mother, Shamilah Tusiime, works as a teacher at Little Harvard Junior School in Bbira, Bulaga, Wakiso District, a private primary school where teachers often earn modest wages.
His father, Richard Asiimwe, is a farmer in Mityana District. Both parents hail from Tooro, Mugusu Kibede in Burahya, Kabarole District.
Given the family’s limited financial capacity, university education without government sponsorship appears nearly impossible.
“I know my parents try their best, but paying for an engineering course at university is very expensive. That is why I pushed myself to perform well so that I can qualify for government sponsorship,” he added.
School Leadership Praises Performance
Administrators at God the school say Tusiime’s performance reflects the resilience and determination of students who study under constrained circumstances but remain focused on academic excellence.
The school, located in Bulaga along Mityana Road, was founded by the late Bethel Dongo and is currently managed by his widow, Florence Lukandwa Dongo.
School leaders revealed that the institution presented 72 candidates for the UACE examinations this year and all passed.
The second-best performer was Kusiima Daphine, a female candidate who scored 19 points in the HED combination.
Educators at the school have now appealed to government authorities, scholarship bodies, and well-wishers to support Tusiime so that his academic brilliance does not go to waste due to financial hardship.
Education stakeholders argue that cases like Tusiime’s highlight the importance of merit-based scholarships, particularly for students from economically vulnerable backgrounds who demonstrate exceptional academic ability.
With a near-perfect score in one of the most demanding science combinations, many believe Tusiime has already demonstrated the intellectual capacity required to excel in advanced engineering fields.
For now, however, the brilliant student from Bulaga waits anxiously, hoping that his hard-earned 20 points will open the doors to a university classroom rather than becoming another story of lost potential.
Without financial support or government sponsorship, his dream of designing future aerospace technologies or even studying mechanical engineering could remain just that: a dream. If you would like to help this boy, reach-out to us we will lead you to him.
