Haa!! Instead of concentrating, students are busy thinking of frogmarching sources of knowledge.
Gilbert On 05/03/2009, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess teaching isn't the easiest profession! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Felix Warom Okello > > Arua > > Students of Ombatini Secondary School in Terego/Maracha District yesterday > arrested their headmaster and walked him 12 kilometres to the district > education officer's office where they demanded his immediate transfer. > The students accused Mr Jackson Bushentice of alleged gross mismanagement > and unfair treatment of teachers. > > Mr Bushentice told reporters in Arua town yesterday that the students, who > pounced on him at his home early morning, also administered five strokes of > the cane on him before directing him to the DEO's office. > > Apparently, the headmaster had been away in Kampala to collect the > recently-released A-level examination results, only returning to a rude > welcome. > > "When I returned on Tuesday, I was told the deputy headmaster held a > meeting with students drafting the memorandum," Mr Bushentice said. "I think > there is foul play by the teachers." > The students, who walked the under fire headmaster to the Arua DEO's office > because there is no DEO in Terego/Maracha, are understood to have given him > a stern warning not to misbehave. > > Mr Bushentice told reporters he had no choice but to oblige and lead the > trek. > The pale and haggard looking head teacher arrived in Arua at around 10am > with his captors who waved placards denouncing him. > > Mr Bushentice looked subdued and sat in the DEO's office submissively. > Police swung into action securing the DEO's premises but never antagonised > the students who kept shouting obscenities. > > "How can we pay fees when we are not taught and teachers just come and > sit?" one of them shouted. "We asked the headmaster to take action but he > failed. He must be transferred." > The students, most of them in A' level, complained that they were not > receiving proper teaching since the start of the term. > > The DEO was out of office when the students arrived with their victim but > the district inspector of schools, Mr Kefa Anguandia, called an emergency > meeting with senior police officers and some local leaders. > > After the brief meeting, Mr Anguandia told the students, "Take it that from > now he will not be your headmaster. We shall appoint another person to > handle the school." > > The students shouted in approval. They agreed to return to school but Mr > Bushentice, who has been heading the school for four years, remained at the > DEO's office. > > He told journalists that he would abide by any decision taken by the DEO. > Daily Monitor independently learnt that the school has been in turmoil for > two years, climaxing with a recent sacking of seven teachers. > > Teachers complained of non-payment yet most are not on government payroll. > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > % WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ >
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