{"id":52977,"date":"2022-01-06T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=52977"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:01:36","slug":"education-ministry-cautions-schools-against-forced-testing-of-students-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/education-ministry-cautions-schools-against-forced-testing-of-students-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Education ministry cautions  schools against forced testing of students for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">By Juliet Nalwooga<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">The ministry of Education and sports has warned\u00a0proprietors of schools against forcing learners to test for Covid-19 as the institutions plan to re-open next week. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">While addressing journalists at Media center in Kampala today, the Director Basic Education in the education ministry Ismail Mulindwa noted that they have received complaints from parents and guardians who have been forced to pay exorbitant fees to some private health facilities to have their children tested for Covid. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">He says they will soon issue a statement regarding the same. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Schools are to re-open on January 10th after close to a two year closure over Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Juliet Nalwooga The ministry of Education and sports has warned\u00a0proprietors of schools against forcing learners to test for Covid-19 as the institutions plan to re-open next week. While addressing journalists at Media center in Kampala today, the Director Basic Education in the education ministry Ismail Mulindwa noted that they have received complaints from parents and guardians who have been forced to pay exorbitant fees to some private health facilities to have their children tested for Covid. He says they will soon issue a statement regarding the same. 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