A school sent home 280 students after they protested against Police not letting them fight back an attack from a neighboring school.
Ntare School has confirmed all senior three students had been sent home on Monday after they allegedly smashed glass windows of the headmaster’s house and a dormitory, on Sunday night, supposedly in expression of frustration for being attacked and beaten by students of International Window School last Thursday.
The Mbarara District Police Commander Jaffar Magyezi said police was deployed at the school on Sunday night to suppress the riot.
Ntare’s Mr Jimmy Turyagenda said the decision was taken by a joint meeting of PTA, Board of Governors and teachers.
Mr Turyagyenda said; “We decided that they should go home so that they don’t spread the anger to the whole school. A meeting this week to determine the fate of the 280 students. ”
Ntare School students were attacked by those of International Window School at Kakyeka in Kamukuzi Division where various schools converged for post primary football competitions commonly known as soccer gala.
The students were very unhappy because they were beaten and ran after by Police instead and the games for the following day were cancelled after district security committee realised that the schools would fight each other.
Ntare is one of the best schools in East Africa, President Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame (Rwanda) are some of its prominent former students.
