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Our work

What runs today, the technology we specify, what is in development and planned, and the model that connects them.

Operating now

Current projects

Verified, current work in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Kikuube District.

Operating now

Spectrum Secondary School

Spectrum Secondary School serves refugee and host-community learners together in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, from S1 to S4, following the national curriculum. It has 277 learners (Term One 2026) and is the first school implementing JEP.

About the school
Overview of the 360° JEP Studio: a learner at the centre of a four-step loop (notice a discomfort, ask and find out, build a solution, test and improve), with an SXLA hub, a mobile studio and partner schools.
Operating now

JEP Studio

The Junior Entrepreneurs Program (JEP), developed by SXLA, runs at Spectrum with 40 JEP Scholars, 10 laptops (5 working) and one portable Wi-Fi unit. Learners start from a real challenge and work through DISCERN, PROMPT, PROTOTYPE, FEEDBACK.

How it works
Specification

EDGE

Learning continues, even when the internet doesn’t. EDGE is the offline digital layer of the Hybrid Edge JEP Studio: a small local system designed to keep approved resources and tools available at school, and to connect to a wider network when it can. Its page also shows the JEP Mobile Kit.

EDGE specificationJEP Mobile Kit

Specifications and work in development

Technology specifications, and work that depends on funding and on review.

Specification

Hybrid Edge JEP Studio specification

The full learning space: architecture, components, operating modes, modules and configurations, so that learning continues when the internet does not.

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In development

JEP for other schools

The four changes schools make, how a school can adopt or adapt JEP, and SXLA's plan to support partner schools from 2029 through the JEP Studio Hub-and-Box Model.

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Planned

Future projects

Two long-term plans in Hoima City, on one shared campus. Both are subject to funding and the decision gates in SXLA's plans. The necessary resources and partners are being sought to meet the planned timeframe. Stay tuned for updates.

Proposed campus concept, not an existing building: an aerial view of the planned shared MTP campus beside a road. MTP Secondary School is on the left, labelled with the boys' hostel, the sports complex, the girls' hostel, classrooms, science laboratories and the library. Administration buildings, a roundabout and the main entrance are in the centre. MTP Advanced Academy is on the right, labelled with AI and innovation studios, research laboratories, collaborative learning spaces and prototyping workshops.Proposed campus concept, not an existing buildingSelect to enlarge
The planned MTP campus in Kyentare, Hoima City: MTP Secondary School on the left, shared administration and the main entrance in the centre, and MTP Advanced Academy on the right. MTP Secondary School will sit on 5 acres together with MTP Academy. Proposed campus concept, not an existing building.
Proposed campus concept, not an existing building: MTP Secondary School.Proposed campus concept, not an existing building
Planned

MTP Secondary School

A second secondary school in a host community in Kyentare, Hoima City, with JEP from S1 and a Studio on campus. First intake planned for 2031. The necessary resources and partners are being sought to meet the planned timeframe. Stay tuned for updates.

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Proposed campus concept, not an existing building: MTP Advanced Academy.Proposed campus concept, not an existing building
Planned

MTP Advanced Academy

The next step for the most capable JEP graduates, on merit regardless of means, from an idea to a working product with mentors. Opening planned for 2034. The necessary resources and partners are being sought to meet the planned timeframe. Stay tuned for updates.

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Why and how

Our model

The thinking that connects today's work to the long term.

Theory of change

How JEP expects change to happen, from problem to long-term impact.

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Long-term goal

A generation that understands reality, discovers what is possible and acts.

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Help a learner turn discomfort into knowledge, action and value

Today's priorities are finishing the boys' dormitory, equipping the Hybrid Edge JEP Studio and completing Spectrum Secondary School.