By Olivia Nabaggala
26th Jan 2023
There is a bitter dispute between the Old Kampala Secondary School board of governors and the head teacher over the management of the school.
According to several documents, the school board has leveled a string of accusations against the head teacher, William Suuna, who is yet to make a year as the head of the school.
The headteachers’ brief stint at the school has been discernibly characterized by conflict and worryingly belligerent environment, stifled working environment between himself the other deputies, staff and most worryingly the spill over to the student’s community, which in a span of six months almost caused two student strikes,” the board wrote to the Ministry of Education and Sports asking for his immediate transfer.
The school board, which has the backing of a section of former students and staff members, also invokes Suuna’s past work history to substantiate their claims against the head teacher. They argue that Suuna has a history of leaving conflicts and mismanagement in his wake and cite his previous record at Luwero Secondary School and Kalinabiri Secondary School.
In several petitions, the board couldn’t resist pointing out how the head teacher was ejected from Luweero SS in 2022 by former students who accused him of maladministration, declining performance, examination malpractice, lack of transparency, disrespect of stakeholders, and bribery.
They further point out the fact that Suuna has been posted in three schools within the last three years.
Paul Kamwezi, a staff member also alleged that the head teacher is using his office to sideline existing staff members and give their teaching load to new staff he brought in from his old duty stations in Luweero and Kalinabiri.
Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister in Charge of Higher Education, said they are studying the situation but they need concrete evidence to determine what steps need to be taken to introduce sanity at the school.
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