Hailstorm displaces 300 Isingiro pupils
Oct 22, 2009
OVER 300 pupils of Rushongi Muslim Primary School in Bukanga county, Isingiro district are studying under trees after a hailstorm destroyed their classrooms.
By Abdulkarim Ssengendo
OVER 300 pupils of Rushongi Muslim Primary School in Bukanga county, Isingiro district are studying under trees after a hailstorm destroyed their classrooms.
The deputy headmaster, Simon Twinamatsiko, on Wednesday said the September 11 incident was reported to the district education department and to the Ministry of Education but no assistance had been given to the school.
He said the Primary One-Primary Five classroom block was destroyed.
A staff house, the office, 96 desks, 251 textbooks, six tables and four chairs were also destroyed by the storm.
Twinamatsiko also said lessons were cancelled and sent home.
He said the school now depended on textbooks from neighbouring schools. Twinamatsiko urged the Government to construct stronger classroom and staff blocks.
The area MP, Nathan Byanyima, said five of the seven parishes in Rugaga sub-county were hit by storms which destroyed crops.
He said he had appealed to the relevant offices for food because most families had lost all their gardens.
Byanyima said Rugaga sub-county had one government-aided primary school and urged the Government to establish more schools in the area.
State minister for animal industry Bright Rwamirama recently advised residents of Isingiro to store food for future use in case such a calamity struck.
Rwamirama, who led Isingiro MPs on a tour to evaluate government programmes in the area, also urged schools to plant trees to break strong winds.
OVER 300 pupils of Rushongi Muslim Primary School in Bukanga county, Isingiro district are studying under trees after a hailstorm destroyed their classrooms.
The deputy headmaster, Simon Twinamatsiko, on Wednesday said the September 11 incident was reported to the district education department and to the Ministry of Education but no assistance had been given to the school.
He said the Primary One-Primary Five classroom block was destroyed.
A staff house, the office, 96 desks, 251 textbooks, six tables and four chairs were also destroyed by the storm.
Twinamatsiko also said lessons were cancelled and sent home.
He said the school now depended on textbooks from neighbouring schools. Twinamatsiko urged the Government to construct stronger classroom and staff blocks.
The area MP, Nathan Byanyima, said five of the seven parishes in Rugaga sub-county were hit by storms which destroyed crops.
He said he had appealed to the relevant offices for food because most families had lost all their gardens.
Byanyima said Rugaga sub-county had one government-aided primary school and urged the Government to establish more schools in the area.
State minister for animal industry Bright Rwamirama recently advised residents of Isingiro to store food for future use in case such a calamity struck.
Rwamirama, who led Isingiro MPs on a tour to evaluate government programmes in the area, also urged schools to plant trees to break strong winds.