Joseph Lomongin, the CAO for Kotido while announcing the withdrawal of teachers on Tuesday at the district headquarters, said the school will be closed for two weeks as they await a security report from the sub-county administrators.
Benson Katyango Boeing, a Senior Education Officer of Kotido district says girls are at the risk of dropping out of school once their parents don’t give them another chance to study and complete their education because despite early pregnancies.
The students were traveling aboard a UPDF truck to Kotido town for holidays but it overturned while negotiating a corner less than 2 kilometers from Nakapelimoru Army Senior Secondary School along Kotido-Moroto Road on Friday evening.
World Food Program supplies maize grain to schools in Karamoja in order to ensure that children have midday meals and can concentrate in class. By close of last term, there was a balance of 400 kilograms of grain in the school stores, according to the school records.
Reports from Board of Governors Kotido Secondary School indicate that the school acquired a loan of Shillings 250 million from Post Bank Uganda Kotido Branch to procure the school bus
According to the ordinance, local leaders are supposed to mobilize children of school going age to attend school. They are also required to ensure that children within their areas are not subjected to paid labour or any income generating activities during school hours.
There is still army and police deployment at Kotido Senior Secondary School in Kotido district, a month after students staged a violent strike that left property of the school vandalised.
The head teacher Kotido Senior Secondary School, Jackson Matsanga, during the meeting, the School Board of Governors resolved to indefinitely suspend 17 students for their role in the strike.
Now, the School Head Teacher, Jackson Matsanga, says they will reopen the school gates for senior four students on Friday this week ahead of their mock examinations on Monday.
Ambrose Lotukei, the Kotido District LC V Chairperson has welcomed the closure of the school temporally to allow the administration to address some of the issues raised by students.
Lomise Lobolimoi, the Chairman Kakuloi Primary School Management Committee, says the go- back- to- school campaign is manned by the school management committee and village chairpersons.
Sam Logira, a teacher at Lomukura Primary School is disappointed by the delayed payment of their salaries. According to Logira, most of the teachers are worried since they have running bank loans.
Parents of Lokitelebu Primary school in Kotido district have failed to send their children to a fully fledged boarding school saying they cannot afford 30,000 shillings for up-keep.
Lutuke explains that at Kanaei primary school the only available pit latrine partially collapsed and a total of 469 pupils, both boys and girls, are sharing it.
