I like that the same page shows a video of an "illegal school" being torn down by the government. Is this a joke?
Like, what kind of dastardly evil people are constructing schools without permits in a country desperate trying to feed and education the large population?
Is the municipality head just upset they didn't get an under-the-table payment like usual?
I laughed when I first heard about this. Maybe they took the approach of asking for so many un-reasonable things to make sure the school does not open.
The very fact that they even included a “Houses” and “Schools” section in the first place shows that the site operators have maligned ethics. School is obviously out of session now at the time of this post but the site was in fact exposing underage children earlier in the day.
Of all things...two classrooms? Seriously? How low does this have to go before everybody takes a step back? As a country, doing something as petty as this blows my mind. Is there anything that can even be done other than shaming them? I really do feel for the people caught up in this whole situation. Especially the poor children who are growing up in not only this pathetic display, but also the never-ending violence.
Not defending anything here - but is this a case where a low-middle quality school is trying to protect itself from downside risk of one of their staff creating an uproar? They probably already have an enrollment and funding problem so any further debacle will only hurt further.
This article is creating that same debacle I would imagine.
It's hardly surprising that they would use rationale that makes sense, given that they need to convince a judge. This is not the same thing as their rationale being accurate. Since most HN readers are not there, it's hard to know what is really going on here. For instance, the counter-rationale, that the school threatens other schools as well as the government schools that these children would otherwise be going to also makes sense.
When I'm reading a story like this, there are some immediate questions that come to mind:
1) what are the alternatives these students have and how accessible are they?
2) what are the students educational outcomes vs students who are using the alternative?
3) it seems the organization runs schools in other parts of Africa, so how are they received there?
It's not just Uganda. Education International (Brussels) tried to investigate the school and BIA had their representative arrested. Kenya has complained to the World Bank about their funding of for-profit schools to the exclusion of free public education.
Like, what kind of dastardly evil people are constructing schools without permits in a country desperate trying to feed and education the large population?
Is the municipality head just upset they didn't get an under-the-table payment like usual?
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