Security forces in Kira, a Kampala suburb are looking for Focus primary school headteacher for illegally opening up the school even when the ban on schools still stands.

The police has revealed in a statement made on August 12 that a primary school (Focus Primarily school) was open and teaching students contrary to rule 9(a) of the Ministry of Health Public health (Control of COVID 19) Rules 2020 as amended.

Upon receiving this information, a police team was dispatched to the school where they arrested about 70 students who were found in classes learning.

“The director of school teacher Henry who was in class teaching Religious education managed to notice police presence from a distance and escaped through the behind small gate at the school and ran away,” the police statement reads in part.

This website has learnt that other teachers also managed to take off before arrest. These included teacher Brighton Wilson Ssalongo, Teacher James, Teacher Waiswa, and Kakaire David.

In the class, there were about 70 pupils all of whom were not putting on masks and congested.

Others children jumped out of class and took off. Only 24 children were picked to give police information of what has been going on in the school. 21 of these are girls and 3 boys.

The children revealed that, they have been attending ordinary classes every week from Monday to Saturday with classes running from 0600hrs to 1100hrs since April this 2020.

They further stated that they were paying money to the school for the services of attending school.

They have been studying all the primary school subjects ranging from maths, English, SST, and science.

All these children were P7 candidates.

Upon review of their books, it was discovered that these pupils have been studying all subjects and covering topics not revision and the dates of lessons in books run from May to date.

Investigations have been instituted into the matter.

Police has also summoned parents of the students for further interrogation.