Government has so far closed a total of 62 international schools countrywide that it says have illegally been operating in Uganda with no license, no proper structures or a teaching curriculum approved by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)

Pupils of Bristish School Kampala move around their compound.The Education ministry says some international schools have been operating without licenses and have poor structures with no teaching curriculum approved by the ministry of education.

Among the schools are some that were operating under Bridge International Academy in Uganda from Nursery to Primary level.

Their closure comes after the Worker’s MP, Margaret Rwabushaija, raised the matter to Parliament recently which prompted the ministry of education to investigate.

It is alleged the schools never went through the criteria of registering and getting licensed although they have been operating since 2013.

Janet  Museveni,the minister of education  reported to parliament that  schools with bad infrastructure had earlier been been given an interim period on which to operate in the temporary structures but that the period expired without the administrators upgrading to safe guard the lives of pupils.

She said such bad school structures could not promote good hygiene among children and promote the required teacher student’s interactions.

Janet therefore directed that such schools  closed at the end of this second term and their children transferred to other UPE schools around those closed.

She added that these schools will only be reopened after they have satisfied the ministry of education requirements.

Members of Parliament who included the woman MP for Kumi Municipality, Monica Amoding ,Mitima district Woman MP, Jovah Kamateka, said that schools especially ones operate in poor environmental conditions because of lack of inspection .

The speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga asked Janet Museveni to also ensure that the land of public schools is protected from land grabbers.