MASAKA– The Ministry of Education continues to maintain its ban on schools from hosting local music artists to perform at functions.
The schools are now required to resort to drama clubs within the institutions to entertain the learners whenever the need arises.
On August 1, 2022, the Ministry through the acting Permanent Secretary, Jane Egau Okuo, put temporarily ban on all music artists from staging live shows in schools after video clips of one of the local artists Sheebah Karungi went viral as she performed in a skimpy dress.
State Minister for Primary Education, Dr. Joyce Kaducu said some of the music artists do not uphold the moral integrity or cultural and religious values when invited in schools to perform before students. She said managers should not hire such artists who expose their bodies, especially private parts, while performing.
She called upon schools to use school drama clubs for entertainment because students can perform better than inviting music artists who perform immoral dances before children in schools.
”Let’s use the resources [drama clubs] we have in our schools. There is no need to invite artists who perform in an immoral way before the learners,” she said.
She said it’s important for children to acknowledge and recognise ethnicity and culture of diversity.
James Lubega, the head of music department at Kaaso Primary School in Kyotera district said they have morally nurtured students with cultural values and developed their talents in dance and drama.
Lubega said they are ready to abide by the directive issued by the Ministry of Education and ensure that students are well disciplined and not to admire indescent musicians as their role models.
Minister Kaducu was speaking recently in Kyotera town at the closure of the National Primary Schools Music, Dance and Drama [MDD] festival on the theme: ‘My Birth Right’ organised by the National Identification Regulatory Authority [NIRA] in conjunction with the Ministry of Education.
About 73 primary schools from different districts in the country participated and competed in poetry, folk songs, and cultural songs. Buganda Road Primary School from Kampala won the competition. St. Paul Kaaso Primary School from Kyotera town was the best school in traditional dances and fourth overall in all competitions.
The Executive Director NIRA, Rosemary Kisembo said they are sensitising parents about the importance of birth registration through MDD. She said some people in the country do not know how old they are or where they come from.
She said they are planning to compose an anthem of birth registration to communicate the message better across the country. ”If we standardise the message of birth registration, it can be delivered across the country,” she said.
She urged parents to register their children with NIRA within one year after birth.
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