Nebbi district receives more seed schools
NEBBI- Nebbi district leaders have officially handed over two sites in the sub-counties of Kucwiny and Ndhew to the contractor for the construction of two seed secondary schools.
Government through the Ministry of Education and Sports released Shs 6 billion to kick-start the construction of the two schools expected to bring development in the two areas.
The schools will be built on the land donated by the communities whose children have endured walking long distances to access secondary education.
One of the residents of Abar East Village in Ndhew Sub-county, Stephen Uchaka, welcomed the seed secondary school in his area, saying their children currently walk 10 kilometres to access the nearest Erussi SS and Nebbi Town Senior Secondary School.
“The project has come to our doorposts. It is upon us now to mobilise our fellow community members to bring their children to this school when it is ready,” Uchaka said.
He said having a secondary school in their subcounty would provide residents with market for food items and others.
After Atego Seed School, also in Nebbi district, was successfully completed, district leaders worked hard to ensure that Kucwiny and Ndhew sub-counties also get seed schools.
And while handing over sites to Rhema Engineering Company over the weekend at Mamba senior secondary school in Kucwiny Sub-county, the district engineer, Andrew Okecha Jean warned the contractor against shoddy work but also urged him to complete the project within the stipulated timeline.
“Since government wants schools to have good learning infrastructure, we want quality work. The project timeline of 18 months must be met,” Okecha said.
He added that the district will not allow the contractor to proceed should they detect irregularities. The project comprises a school administration block and six classroom blocks, twin ICT laboratory block, science block, two units of staff houses with staff latrines and washrooms for both girls and boys.
However, Nebbi district Woman Member of Parliament, Agnes Acibu said shoddy works compromise value for money, especially if projects are monitored by officials from the central government as opposed to local leaders and communities..
In 2020, Nebbi district councilors halted the construction works at Atego Seed School due to shoddy work, which was detected at an early stage of construction.
The same scenario happened in 2018 at Pamaka Health Centre III where the contractor was ordered by the district works committee to suspend the construction after irregularities were discovered on the hybrid project at Kucwiny Health Centre III.
The Nebbi district education officer, Delalson Ojok during the groundbreaking at the sites, applauded government for providing money to construct schools, sayings the district has only six secondary schools. She said the new schools would help reduce on school dropout rates related to students walking long distances to study.
“Now that government has given us the schools, the role of parents must be seen by bringing children to study in these schools,” Ojok said.
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