The management of Lango College Secondary School has decided to send students of senior one, two, three, and five home for a week's break following strike at the school in which several properties were destroyed.
Only S.4 and S.6 candidates have remained at the school because of the mock examinations scheduled to start this morning.
The suspension stems from a violent strike in the wee hours of Saturday morning when the rowdy students destroyed essential properties including 5 vehicles belonging to teachers, and a motorcycle, before looting the school canteen and store among other things.
The students rampaged while protesting the arrest of a former student who illegally gained access to the school premises and was being accused of stealing students' properties.
Before the strike, the students demanded that the suspect be released to them or the school close for holidays, demands, the school authorities rejected.
Sammy Bob Okino, the head teacher of the school says that they had to send students home on Sunday because they had become rowdy when they asked them to complete the term.
He adds that with permission from the Lira City Education Department and the school board, the management gave the students a week's break on the condition that each student returns with his or her parent starting with those in senior two on August 1st, followed by senior one on 3rd, and senior three and Five on 5th August.
Students who will be identified and confirmed to be the masterminds behind the strike will meet the cost of the damage resulting from the strike and the school is also ready to give examinations to students as soon as they return to school.
