Uganda, April 26 -- The Ministry of Education has issued tough guidelines to all schools that operate boarding facilities to follow before the Second Term opens in May.

Ms Ketty Lamaro, the permanent secretary, in an April 19 circular, said any school found to be non-compliant and operating below 50 percent of the set rules would be shut down.

But the proprietors of private schools across the country have quickly expressed misgivings, saying the guidelines will be impracticable to put in place in only one month before the Second Term begins.

The demands

The robust rules demand that schools with boarding facilities must adhere to the many measures, including installing CCTV cameras, maintaining separate food storage areas from other st...