NEWS- Forty seven teachers from different schools in Kisoro District who were recently arrested for violating the Ministry of Education’s guidelines on holiday teaching have been released on Bond from the Police.
The teachers were this week rounded up and taken to Kisoro Main Police Station. Kisoro Resident District Commissioner Hajji Badru Ssebyala said teachers must be positive examples of following the law instead they are the ones breaking the law.
He called upon all local leaders to execute their duties and report all schools where holiday classes are taking place.
According to the Ministry of Education and Sports, teaching during the holidays is illegal because school owners use the opportunity to extort money from parents.
Kisoro District Education Officer Emmanuel Mwunvaneza said teaching in the holidays deprives learners from much needed rest, which is against the human rights of the young learners.
Assistant Chief Administrative officer Rukundo Manasseh said it is unfortunate that teachers in Kisoro have become indisciplined. He cautioned them against such acts.
The Kisoro District LCV chairperson Abel Bizimana said many parents should also carry the responsibility of forcing teachers to engage in holiday teaching because they do not want to take care of their own children.
According to Bizimana, the law supported the action of arresting the teachers because many of them had been warned against teaching in the holiday, but many schools had decided to defy a government directive.
UNATU Chairperson Kisoro Chapter Alex Matata apologized on behalf of the teachers who defied a government directive of teaching in the holidays.
