Bridge International academies, which claims to have 12,000 students in Uganda, said it will remain open until December 8 after challenging its closure in the High Court.
The stay of execution order dated Monday November 14 issued by High Court deputy Registrar Muse Musimbi, will allow pupils in the academies to sit end of year exams and finish third term until when the main application is heard by the court.
The injunction comes in the wake of closure of Bridge International Academies (BIA) in Uganda by law enforcement authorities implementing a November 4th High Court ruling.
The Academies on grounds that the private schools provided unsanitary learning conditions, used unqualified teachers and were not properly licensed but the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija last week revealed that they were closed because government suspected they were teaching pornography and the content related to lesbianism and homosexuality.
“We could not allow teaching sexual matters in public. Why teaching pornography in Bridge schools? This moral decay couldn’t be tolerated,” he said.
Minister Kasaija, also MP for Buyanja South added: “Instead of using schools to apply and promote sexual education, why don’t we go back to our traditional aunties (ssenga) and uncles (kojja)? Stop conveying the gospel of homosexuality to our children. You should stop and stop.”
