Government-aided and partly a Universal Primary Education school, Northroad's challenges are far beyond those faced by other schools faced with the problem of high numbers characteristic of all UPE schools; its numbers are
simply overwhelming.
Built to cater for only 450 pupils, the number has grown nearly tenfold. A visitor to the school is shocked by the sight of humanity represented by the little ones in the inadequate compound.
In one of the heavily crowded classrooms, children sit in the classroom without lessons and un-attended to but with their weary looks, one can deduce that although they are determined to get an education, the conditions at school make it difficult.

A pupil of P4, Charles Gibogi, 15, said at times he has to run home to answer nature's calls for convenience because it is tiresome to keep waiting. "The classrooms are filled up all the time, the teacher cannot turn, they cannot attend to us individually. They just teach and leave us without understanding. Because we were brought here by our parents, we have to
accept and be here," said Gibogi.

Mr Wambedde says they have made reports to the school board of governors, municipal education officer and the Ministry of Education about the school conditions but there has been no response and children have continued to study under old dilapidated classrooms which are at the verge of sinking.

The Municipal Education Officer Loyce Manana, said council is waiting for the national census in order to grade the school well.
"I am aware the school is populated like many other primary schools in the municipality but we are waiting for the national census
that is due to be conducted by the Ministry of Education countrywide to look for remedies," said Ms Manana