Uganda, Oct. 17 -- Teachers have been encouraged to offer psychosocial support to the learners who are reporting back to schools after seven months of being at home due to Covid-19 induced lockdown.
Mr Henry Semakula, the Senior Education Officer, Guidance and Counselling/ Assistant Coordinator Health- HIV unit at the education ministry, reasoned that some of the learners were subjected to sexual abuse and domestic violence and that they may not be in their right minds to study.
"As the ministry of education, we have been moving around inspecting schools to see whether they are prepared for reopening or not. In the process of the inspection, we have been urging teachers to offer psychosocial support to the learners too and not only pumpin...