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Windows destroyed by the students at Vurra secondary school during a strike. All photos by Onzoma Albert. By Onzoma AlbertArua City The Police in Arua district central police station are holding two students from Vurra Senior Secondary School on charges relate
Windows destroyed by the students at Vurra secondary school during a strike. All photos by Onzoma Albert.
By Onzoma Albert
Arua City
The Police in Arua district central police station are holding two students from Vurra Senior Secondary School on charges related to incitement to violence following a strike which occurred at around 11 pm on Tuesday night.
West Nile Region Police Spokesman SP Collins Asea says the strike involved mainly students from the school, who ended up destroying school properties worth over 9 million Ugandan shillings during the strike.
“The students of Vurra secondary school in Arua district at around 11pm on the night of Uganda Martyrs Day our team police were called by the school administration upon reaching on ground damages had already been done by the violent students worth over nine million Ugandan shillings, where the window glasses of classrooms and dormitorys were shuttered by the angry students, we are holding two students in our custody who are helping us with investigation and the cause of the strike was when the school administration sent students to go for evening preps and they all refused saying that they cannot study during public holidays,” he said.
Police and school administration addressing the students at the school after the strike.
Asea further condemned the violent actions of the students and urged school administrations to find ways of managing the violent behavior of students in order to keep sanity at the schools in West Nile region.
“As investigations continue into the matter, I want to appeal to parents to always advice and guide their students when they go for school visitation day, we are sending these students to go and study but they come with their own rules from home to oppose the existing school rules and it’s very unfortunate for our region, I want to urge all the school administrators in the region to have rules in place and send errant students away from school,” he added.
In recent years, West Nile Sub-region has been rocked by a spate of student strikes, leaving infrastructure in several schools destroyed and learners facing an uncertain future.