Speaker Anita Among has tasked the Ministry of Education to research and current a report on the latest circumstances of deaths of learners in colleges.
In her communication as she presided over the House on Tuesday, 25 February 2025, Speaker Among raised issues following studies in regards to the drowning of a pupil of Victorious School in Kampala and the hacking to demise of a Primary One pupil at Jozan Nursery and Primary School in Soroti.
A 16-year-old pupil at Seeta High School in Mukono District can be reported to have dedicated suicide within the boys’ dormitory.
The Speaker mentioned that colleges must take duty for kids entrusted to them by mother and father.
“You can not have a toddler who has by no means gone to a swimming pool simply pushed there, and he drowns. It is a really unhealthy factor. We have a toddler who was slaughtered in Soroti and dumped in a pit latrine. After eradicating that youngster, they discovered 4 different skulls in that pit latrine,” she mentioned.
Among added that lecturers and directors should take private duty for the youngsters of their care.
Hon. Brenda Namukuta (NRM, Kaliro District Woman Representative) famous that college students die mysteriously in colleges yearly and known as for investigations into the matter.
Soroti District Woman MP, Hon. Joan Alobo mentioned motion must be taken within the case I Soroti including that the proof is evident.
Soroti West Division Representative, Hon. Jonathan Ebwalu said that colleges must be reassessed and evaluated in regard to inspections.
“I have no idea what the minimal necessities for beginning a faculty in Uganda are. There is a faculty with solely two lecture rooms and no bathrooms,” he puzzled.
The Minister of State for Higher Education, Hon. John Chrysostom Muyingo said {that a} crew from the ministry had gone to the college in Soroti and would supply a report.
“It is true these circumstances exist, and the police have begun investigations. We hope the police report will present course, and as a ministry, we now have additionally agreed to enhance on faculty inspections,” Muyingo mentioned.
Kalungu West County MP, Hon. Joseph Ssewungu mentioned there’s a normal problem with administration and administration of faculties.
“We have a problem; there are kids as younger as three years outdated in boarding colleges. We must revisit our minimal requirements,” he mentioned.
He additionally requested that the Ministry of Education establishes minimal requirements for services like swimming swimming pools.
Commenting on the significance of parenting, the Chief Opposition Whip, Hon. John Baptist Nambeshe known as on mother and father to work collectively in elevating youngsters. He additionally known as for higher recognition of males’s function in parenting and urged extra effort to help fathers on this duty.
