Uganda, Feb. 27 -- At least four traditional primary schools in Jinja City are still stuck with hazardous asbestos which poses health threats to pupils, authorities have said.

Jinja City Education Officer Haruna Mulopa says the primary schools include Main Street, Naranbhai, Army Boarding and MM Wanyange.

Thousands of pupils in the aforementioned schools, which were constructed in the 1950s, are studying under classrooms roofed with condemned asbestos, which presents health hazards to their lives.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), exposure to asbestos causes different types of cancer, especially lung, larynx, ovarian and mesothelioma, while the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that about 100,000 workers...