30 Kaliro govt schools lack permanent structures
Aug 31, 2010
AT least 30 government-aided primary schools in Kaliro district conduct lessons under trees and makeshift structures.
By Frank Mugabi
AT least 30 government-aided primary schools in Kaliro district conduct lessons under trees and makeshift structures.
This makes it difficult for the pupils to concentrate on their studies as lessons are sometimes disrupted by changes in the weather. Mwangha Primary School in Nawaikoke sub-county has a single grass-thatched structure without walls that accomodates over 400 pupils.
“When the wind blows, dust chokes us and when it starts to rain, we run back home,†said Franco Daaya, a P5 pupil.
The 12-year-old revealed that P1 and P2 pupils study under trees, while those from P3 to P6 share the grass-thatched facility.
Daaya said termites also ate up the poles of their “classroomâ€, which is now on the verge of collapse. The management committee chairman, David Zironda, said they started the school as a community initiative, until the Government took it over three years ago.
“We were told that the Government would erect structures, but nothing has been done to date,†he said. Zironda noted that other schools are over 4km away.
The district LC5 chairman, Elijah Kagoda, said following the constant appeals, they received sh250m under the School Facility Grant. “Our plan is to construct two classrooms at each of the 30 schools. We call upon the Government and non-governmental organisations to lend us a helping hand,†Kagoda appealed.
He said the Japanese embassy had given them about sh162m, which will be used to construct four classrooms, an office and furniture for Bwayuya and Busambeku primary schools.
AT least 30 government-aided primary schools in Kaliro district conduct lessons under trees and makeshift structures.
This makes it difficult for the pupils to concentrate on their studies as lessons are sometimes disrupted by changes in the weather. Mwangha Primary School in Nawaikoke sub-county has a single grass-thatched structure without walls that accomodates over 400 pupils.
“When the wind blows, dust chokes us and when it starts to rain, we run back home,†said Franco Daaya, a P5 pupil.
The 12-year-old revealed that P1 and P2 pupils study under trees, while those from P3 to P6 share the grass-thatched facility.
Daaya said termites also ate up the poles of their “classroomâ€, which is now on the verge of collapse. The management committee chairman, David Zironda, said they started the school as a community initiative, until the Government took it over three years ago.
“We were told that the Government would erect structures, but nothing has been done to date,†he said. Zironda noted that other schools are over 4km away.
The district LC5 chairman, Elijah Kagoda, said following the constant appeals, they received sh250m under the School Facility Grant. “Our plan is to construct two classrooms at each of the 30 schools. We call upon the Government and non-governmental organisations to lend us a helping hand,†Kagoda appealed.
He said the Japanese embassy had given them about sh162m, which will be used to construct four classrooms, an office and furniture for Bwayuya and Busambeku primary schools.