Minister for Education Hon. Jimmy Uguro, MP has called on students to respect government property and not to damage them if they have any grudges with the school management.
“Students must learn to take their grievances to the right authority in the school if they are not happy with the school management instead of taking their frustrations out on school property like classrooms and dormitories,” the Minister said.
The Minister said this after a number of schools and institutions’ facilities such as classrooms and dormitories were either damaged or burned down allegedly by students and that were reported by the media recently.
“I am very disappointed with these recent events and call on school authorities of the schools affected to take appropriate action as soon as they can,” the Minister said.
He added that willful damage of property is a criminal offence under the recently launched Behaviour Management Policy and schools must refer the students involved to the police to deal with them.
“The facilities take a number of years to build and at huge costs. Therefore, students and the community must look after them for their use and also for future generations,” the Minister said.