Government has through the Ministry of Education and Sports banned schools from hosting singers who have been performing in schools over deteriorating morals and high levels of indecency among pupils and students.
Last week, the management of Kabojja Junior school released a statement where it decreed the high level of boyfriend and girlfriend relationships which were on the raise.
The school in the letter to the parents warned that it will not hesitate to expel any pupil who will be found in those practices.
In the letter to school heads, Dr. Jane Egau Okou the Director of Higher, Technical, Vocational Education and Training said that the ministry would not just sit down and see moral decay in schools raising.
“It is also now clear that there have been several of these totally unacceptable and offensive functions allowed in schools in the name of extracurricular and entertainment activities. Extracurricular activities in school normally mean sports and games, debate clubs, etc,” reads part of the letter.
“If schools need to entertain themselves, then they can engage in acting plays or arrange concerts. However, inviting singers who dance erotic dances, naked in the schools in the guise of extracurricular activities must be forbidden henceforth,” she added.
Dr. Egau said that in the ministry’s sitting held on July 18, the Senior Management Meeting of the Ministry resolved that indeed now the Ministry of Education and Sports is compelled to provide guidelines on the nature and conduct of co-curricular and entertainment activities allowed in schools.
“Everybody must always remember that the Ministry of Education and Sports is the custodian of the values and behavior of the children of Uganda while at school, whether those schools are Government or Private schools,” she said
“In the meantime, therefore, Headteachers and Principals of both Primary and Secondary Schools are cautioned not to hire or allow any of these “artists” to perform in schools,” she added
She warned that any failure to comply will lead to school managers being personally held responsible and disciplinary measures charged against them.
“The purpose of this communication, therefore, is to inform all concerned to ban performances of this nature from school grounds,”
This action come barely months when students of Lubiri Secondary School were filmed on a Midland High school bus dancing erotically.
