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Parents and proprietors of pre-primary schools have asked government to review its decision and allow them reopen nursery schools to allow the children resume learning.<\/p>\n
Ms Josephine Kirabo, a mother of one, yesterday said she was forced to privately hire a nursery teacher to coach her three-year-old child who had just started school when they were closed last year following the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n
This followed her resumption of work in July yet she didn\u2019t have where to leave her child.
\nThe Makindye resident then opted to be taking her daughter to a teacher in the neighbourhood as she went to work.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe teacher is in a small room and has other children coming in to spend their day there. There is no enclosure and not enough space for play as you know our slums. But I have to work. So I leave my child behind but with worry. You can\u2019t continue taking children to people\u2019s homes. What if something wrong happens?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
Her concerns were echoed by Mr Hassadu Kirabira, the Kampala National Private Education Institutions Association chairperson, who said yesterday that in-as-much as government is protecting the children against contracting the virus, the communities are already mixed up with many parents either inviting private teachers in their homes or taking them to their houses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been having challenges of illegal schools. The continued closure of nursery schools will encourage many to mushroom. The nursery school teachers have started teaching in their premises not suitable for school setup. This is very dangerous because you can\u2019t account for who is there and the activities being carried out in a private residence. We don\u2019t know what is happening in those homes,\u201d Mr Kirabira said.
\nBut Ministry of Education officials insist children in this category will stay at home until government deems it fit for them to return to school.<\/p>\n
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