Uganda: When Head Teachers Build or Kill Our Schools In October 2010, students at Kitara SS in Hoima suddenly went on rampage, pelting teachers with stones, and threatening to burn the head teacher's car, over what they termed unfair punishments. According to the head teacher, Nurudin Jjemba, the students were unhappy at the school's implementation of corporal punishment and suspension of students suspected to be smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol on the compound. With the matter threatening to get out of hand, authorities called in the police and three students were arrested, while others were heavily beaten or doused in tear gas to contain them. A subsequent meeting called ... Continue reading... http://allafrica.com/stories/201511231831.html
