About

Oganya Academy (OA) is a private primary school designed to offer children educational foundation located in Pinyudo town, Gog district of the Gambella region of Ethiopia. The OA established in 2018, and the primary objective of this school is to improve academic excellence, performance, and to promote sustainable learning environment.

The curriculum is develop based on a smaller class for the children to enjoy the benefits of academic consistency provided by highly qualified enthusiastic teachers. With outstanding curriculum in the place, OA’s staff are well prepared to make sure that students and parents will find OA learning environment as the place to develop self-confidence and self-esteem.

In addition to making sure that students can learn and develop the skills necessary to achieve grade-level standards. OA is also prioritizing that the parents are well informed about ongoing child’s learning experience, activities, and progress. It is vital for OA to have a strong relationship with both the students and parents. OA believes in working toward a positive outcome and learning experience for every child in the classroom.

OA’s Mission & Vision

OA’s Mission

To provide a challenging learning environment, deliver an excellent education, and empower students.

OA’s Vision

To improve academic performance in Anywaa, Amharic, and English languages as well as Math in each grade level.

OA’s finance and future direction

OA’s Finance

The school is depending on the tution paid by the students. It is used to finance the school operating costs including teacher’s salaries, school programs, and facility maintenance.

OA’s Future direction

Build school at each districts. Became academic excellence school. Build donatory for students and teachers.

The story behind Oganya Academy

Welcome to Oganya Academy (OA). My name is Omot Olok Dang. I was born and raised in Gambella, Ethiopia and moved to the United States in 1993. After I acquired my education from the U.S.A, I decided to move back to my birthplace, Gambella to establish Kindergarten (KG) and primary school. I am currently the owner and founder of the OA, located in Pinyudo town in Gog district of Gambella, Ethiopia.

Why develop OA at this location?

Gambella Diaspora engagement is one of the programs developed by the Gambella regional government in the past years for Gambella people living in foreign countries to participate in the development of the region. Through this program, I had the opportunity to travel to Gambella and visited the school in districts of the region. During my visit, I was stunned by the declined quality of education in all districts. I encountered grade 6 and 7 students who cannot read and write as they were supposed to be at their respective grade level. The diminished level of education was mainly due to a lack of qualified teachers, textbooks, and consistent students’ evaluation strategies. The poor learning environment let students poorly perform during Ethiopian national examination. Although the Ethiopian educational curriculum requires each student to sufficiently learn the materials and achieve grade standards to pass to the next grade, students are moving from grade to the next grade without having appropriate knowledge. Hence, I developed OA in 2018 to be the model for students to have the required education at every grade level. For the 2018 school year, OA enrolled 60 students in kindergarten and grades 1, the following year 2019 we added grade2, and enrolled 91 students. Since then, we have been adding class every year and expecting to enroll more than 350 students in the 2025 academic year.

What is behind the name?

The Oganya Academy is named after the village where I was born. The village is one of the sub-villages in Gog Jangjor called “Oganya Village.” The reason behind the naming of this academic school as OA is to keep heritage that defines my family forefather generations as well as the history and legacy of the village.