Namayingo children ditch school, crowd gold mines

Ronald Sanya, the Namayingo district chairman, said the I-don’t-care attitude towards education by some parents involved in gold mining has worsened the situation.

Children wash ore at Nsango gold mine in Namayingo district. Most have failed to return to school. Photo by George Bita

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Although schools reopened countrywide on January 10, after a lengthy COVID-19-related closure, learners’ attendance during the first week was low in Namayingo district.

According to Bonaventure Oguttu, the Banda town LC3

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Namayingo children ditch school, crowd gold mines

Ronald Sanya, the Namayingo district chairman, said the I-don’t-care attitude towards education by some parents involved in gold mining has worsened the situation.

Children wash ore at Nsango gold mine in Namayingo district. Most have failed to return to school. Photo by George Bita

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