Closing schools denies Uganda’s population a chance for education, however Poor

I was watching TV the other day and I noted officials were closing schools that didn’t meet the required standards. I thought that was most unfair for these private sector individuals who try to provide education to Ugandans. There are many government schools that do not have proper classrooms. In many parts of the country, children study under trees. I am sure everybody would like to have their children study in conditions like those of Kampala Parents School. But such is our county, the extremes of poverty and wealth. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. 

The level of poverty in the country is startling. If you combine illiteracy with poverty, you will reverse Uganda’s development effort. We have UPE and USE. These are very important efforts on behalf of government to address education and development. Society cannot develop without a literate community. The UPE and USE have so far not done well but it’s a good beginning. The country doesn’t have the money to have good programmes in place when coupled with the challenge of corruption which is now endemic in society. You can only agree that the country is a long way in addressing education. When you close schools by those who are simply trying to solve the problem on your behalf it is most unfair. You are prescribing perpetual poverty to these communities. 

They need to answer the following questions, why do people go to such schools, its mainly because there are no other schools and or cannot afford the good ones that exist so the solution is not closure but to support such effort. Uganda needs to overhaul all its systems including the education system. What do we want to achieve as a country, what are we capable of doing in these circumstances, why do we allow such a high population growth rate when we cannot feed the population or when you cannot educate it. There is need for a new thinking in the country. Uganda has to change