The issue of private schools requires careful deliberations. Starting a private school requires large sums of money which 'broke' entrepreneurs can't wait to accumulate to tap untapped opportuntities by the wealthy. The end result is always inability to meet standards; not deliberately but sometimes due to genuine financial constraints. Closing a school therefore defeats the purpose of education. How do you fight illiteracy without schools, how shall we achieve education for all goal? We need to learn from this old saying: better the devil you know than the angel you've never met. We may end up closing all our schools for standards we can not meet/afford in short run. Such schools should instead be recommended for public-private sector partnership under USE. Government should provide low interest loans to such entrepreneurs. Onzu's decision is just like the indecision of a stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he's called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. Denis Lee Oguzu
--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Ocatre Robert <ocatre...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: Ocatre Robert <ocatre...@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] koboko school closed To: "A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile" <westnilenet@kym.net> Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 3:58 AM What the hell is this! Teachers operating bars and videos in school compounds? No wonder our children perform dismally in national exams. Bravo Onzu for having closed such a school operating below acceptable standards. The wording we cant allow schools operate like markets is not enough I would even have added like kraals From: Majid Alemi Junior <majidalemijun...@yahoo.com> To: westnilenet@kym.net Sent: Thursday, 23 April, 2009 10:38:53 Subject: [WestNileNet] koboko school closed Koboko school closed KOBOKO-Chief administrative officer Ismail Onzu has ordered the closure of Queen Victoria Primary School over what he described as operating below standard. “We can’t allow schools to operate as if they are markets. The school does not have enough teachers. It has one toilet that is shared by boys, girls, teachers and parents who stay nearby,” said Onzu. He was speaking at a meeting organised by Koboko Civil Society Network at the town hall on Friday. Onzu also told teachers to stop operating bars and video halls in school compounds. forwarded by. majid alemi juior. Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list WestNileNet@kym.net http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
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