Arua city central division MP Jackson Lee Atima has called on Government to revive the traditional secondary schools in West Nile in order to restore their Glory.
Atima who is also Government regional whip for West Nile says these are the giant schools with good structures where some of the great leaders such as late speaker Francis Ayume and others went through but they are now in a dilapidated state with poor academic performance.
Atima says if these schools are maintained to the required standards then they will be able to produce great leaders as it was before.
In 2020 , Government promised to renovate all the traditional schools across the country, in the phased manner over the next five to 10 years but Atima says none of the schools in West Nile has been worked on and they are still roofed with asbestos iron sheets that have been proved to be a health risk.
For the last three financial years, the education committee of Parliament chaired byJohn Twesigye has been pushing for funds to enable the ministry of education have all traditional public education institutions roofed with asbestos iron sheets, replaced with the standard iron sheets but the request has not gone through.
The legendary schools include St Joseph 's Ombaci,St Aloysius college Nyapea ,St Charles Lwanga in koboko,St Peters collection Warr Girls in Zombo,St Marys Ediofe Girls in Arua and Mvara secondary school in Arua.
