The absence of a government secondary school has retarded the progress of education in Nyabwishenya sub-county in Kisoro district, according to residents. The sub-county, which seats along the Uganda-DR Congo border comprises 28 villages, which host about 17,000 people.
The only available option is Nyarutambe community secondary school, which operates in dilapidated mud and wattle structures, and lacks teachers, furniture, and textbooks. Bernadeta Nyiranfabakuza and Dan Sunday Semahoro, parents from Nyamikumbi village and Bikokora villages, say that the absence of a secondary school has forced them to incur expenses to send their children to distant schools in Kisoro town, which is more than 30 kilometers away.
They accuse their local leaders of ignoring their repeated demands to lobby the government to set up a SEED school to bring services closer to the community.
Regina Musekura, a parent and the LC I chairperson of Kigezi village, says that after suffering for many years, residents mobilized and constructed Nyarutembe community secondary school to partially solve the problem. She, however, says that the school is in a sorry state and facing numerous challenges, which affect the learning process.
Posiano Baruhire Barihafi, the LC V councilor of Nyabishenya sub county says that he feels hurt as a local leader when he sees learners trekking to other sub-counties to attend secondary school just because there is none in Nyabwishenya.
Abel Bizimana, the Kisoro District LC 5 Chairperson, says that as authorities they are aware of the problem and lobbied for the construction of a SEED school in Nyarusiza sub-county. He, however, says that the school is yet to commence operations due to the lack of staff.
He says they will now lobby for the establishment of one in Nyabishenya or for the government to take over Nyarutembe community secondary school.
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