The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has summoned Members of Parliament to a special meeting at Kololo next week to discuss matters of re-opening of schools.
This was revealed by Deputy Speaker Anitah Among while chairing plenary on Thursday.
“I got a communication from the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports requesting to meet MPs to discuss the reopening of schools, MPs are therefore required to take a Covid test on Monday for the Wednesday meeting at the Kololo ceremonial grounds,” said Anitah Among.
Schools have been closed for about 17 months and President Museveni revealed that they will be fully reopened in January 2022.
In one of her recent interviews, Dr. Kedrees Turyagyenda, the Ministry of Education and Sports Director Education standards disclosed that the calendar details the re-opening of schools is now with the top management for review and approval before they can roll it out to the public.
“We have come up with strategies that I think will enable us to reopen once and for all.
The roadmap for reopening will be made available to the public soon. We still have some time to January, and we shall have the roadmap available as soon as possible,” said Dr. Turyagyenda.