Ntagali decries bad state of Church-founded schools

Sheema. Church of Uganda Archbishop Stanley Ntagali has expressed concern over the deteriorating state of church-founded schools and other institutions across the country.
He said Church-founded schools have been overtaken by private schools and asked stakeholders in the church to work towards reviving performance and general standards of the institutions.

While speaking as the chief guest at the prayer breakfast for Nganwa High School Kabwohe at Lake View Hotel in Mbarara on Thursday, Rev Ntagali said despite the Church’s continued mission to preach the gospel holistically to have its institutions such as schools and hospitals developed, there is a lot of relaxation which has led to the decline of the institutions across the province.
The Nganwa High School Kabwohe prayer breakfast was organised by Old Boys and Girls led by Prof Mauda Kamatenesi, the vice chancellor of Bishop Stuart University, as part of preparations for golden jubilee celebrations slated for July 1.

Nganwa’s enrolment has dropped in a decade from more than 1,500 students in 2006 to about 355 students in 2017.
The prelate castigated Ugandans for abandoning Church-founded education institutions.
“It is not good when people say government has taken over Church-founded schools. That is false. Nobody should ever tell you a lie. We relaxed. We have a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Uganda, the ministry of Education. The Church-founded schools are government-aided but they belong to the Church. They are in Church land and in management of these schools, the upper hand should be taken by the Church all over the country”, Rev Ntagali said.
The school was founded by the Church of Uganda as a mixed school in 1967.

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