Masindi RDC closes school over illegal operations, poor sanitation
Dennis Busobozi, one of the teachers, expressed concern that the school’s closure had dampened all his hopes of being paid the money he was demanding from its director.
Masindi: Masindi Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Emmy Ngabirano, has ordered the closure of God’s Mercy Nursery and Primary School for illegally operating and poor sanitation.
The school is located in Miduuma village, Kijunjubwa, Sub-County, Buruuli Constituency, Masindi District.
The poor state of the school was discovered by the RDC recently during his routine monitoring and supervision of government programs in the subcounty.
Ngabirano said that though the sub-county authorities had advised the school proprietor to stop at nursery level, he disregarded their advice and instead proceeded up to primary seven.
The RDC explained that the unlicensed school had a boarding section, the boys and girls’ dormitories were close to each other, it lacked a matron and patron, and the learners were sleeping on the floor.
He added that the school was also operating in dilapidated structures and lacked security guards.
Ngabirano further added that the learners and teachers were also sharing the same latrine, which was also in a sorry state, noting that, as a government, they could not allow the school to continue operating in such a sorry state.
He advised other private school proprietors in the district to improve the hygiene of their schools and construct better structures that don’t endanger their learners’ lives.
Oliver Asiimwe, the Education Officer in-charge of special needs in the district stressed that the school was operating in a poor hygienic environment and had unqualified and inadequate teachers.
The education officer revealed that the school had only three teachers at the time of inspection, and two were for the lower and one for the upper classes.
Asiimwe revealed the school would be reopened when its proprietor meets the required standards.
We would not get a comment from the school director on the matter, as he could not be reached at the time of publishing this story.
But Dennis Busobozi, one of the teachers, expressed concern that the school’s closure had dampened all his hopes of being paid the money he was demanding from its director.
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