How Effective is the Diocesan Educational Leadership in Enhancing a Denominational Education Philosophy in Uganda? Reflections from Roman Catholic Schools in Greater Kampala (Uganda)

This study investigated the effectiveness of the Diocesan educational leadership in enhancing a denominational education philosophy in view of learnersi¯ holistic growth and development. Its aim was to find out if there was a i°Catholic environmenti± in these Church founded schools ¨C both in principle and in practice. The study took a case study of Catholic schools in the Greater Kampala District of Uganda. The study discovered that although in principle the Catholic Church highly espouses its denominational education philosophy, the practice is different. In this, the Church is especially betrayed by an apparent ineffectiveness of its Diocesan educational leadership in supervising its schools. Implications for both denominationalism and nationalsi¯ integral growth and development are discussed.