Rukungiri RDC Breaks Silence On Schools Violating Covid-19 SOPs

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda news February 5, 2022

Nsubuga Bewayo Stephen, the Rukungiri RDC has threatened to arrest all headteachers violating the Standard Operating Procedures.

This stern warning comes at a time when there are reports of violation of the set Covid-19 guidelines since the reopening of schools on January 10th, 2022.

The most critical guidelines set by the government include ensuring a social distance of two meters and mounting hand washing facilities.

In addition, establishing isolating centers and limiting visitors among many other guidelines.

The Rukungiri RDC said that he has set his intelligence teams on the ground to help him identify schools that are not implementing these SOPs.

If found guilty, the headteachers of those schools will be answerable for the matter.

He noted that he has already started inspection of some schools reviewing how they are implementing each of the issued guidelines.

Schools leaders, staff, and students have been encouraged to always be security conscious. This is because, despite the Covid-19 situation, schools have experienced other issues including fire outbreaks.

Some of these issues have claimed lives just weeks after the reopening.

Schools in Uganda fully reopened on January 10th, 2022 after two years of closure due to the outbreak of Covid-19.

This has been one of the world’s largest closures since the virus forced governments to close learning institutions. This happened way back in March 2020.

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