| Shimoni Primary Teachers College | |
| Established: | [1] |
| Type: | Public |
| City: | Kitikifumba, Kira Town |
| Province: | Wakiso District |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Enrollment: | 450+ |
| Campus: | Urban, 25acres |
| Coordinates: | 0.4233°N 32.6325°W |
| Affiliations: | Shimoni Demonstration School |
Shimoni Primary Teachers College (SPTC), is a public college that trains primary school teachers in Uganda. The college has an attached primary school, Shimoni Demonstration School, where the trainee teachers practice and sharpen their teaching skills.[2]
The college is located in a neighborhood called Kitikifumba, in Kira Municipality, in Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda. This location is approximately 19km (12miles), by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[3] The geographical coordinates of the teachers college are:0°25'24.0"N, 32°37'57.0"E (Latitude:0.423333; Longitude:32.632500).
The college and demonstration school were started by Ugandan Asians in 1952.[1] In 2006, the college was temporarily relocated to Mbale, approximately 222km (138miles), by road, east of Kampala,[4] and the demonstration school temporarily relocated to Kololo Primary School in Kampala.[2] [5]
The 15acres piece of land in the city center, where the institution was originally housed, was leased to an investor, who started to erect Kampala Intercontinental Hotel on the site.[6] [7] The government of Uganda, acquired 25acres in Kitifumba, where it constructed a new college at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion at that time), with capacity of 450 student-teachers. During the construction, the Shimoni student-teachers were accommodated at Nyondo Teacher Training College in Mbale.[8] The teacher training college opened in January 2011.[2]
In January 2018, the construction of the new Shimoni Demonstration School in Kitikifumba was completed and the school was opened.[9]