Joan Nyangoma a senior two student at Premier Secondary School in Hoima City has dragged her teacher Justus Mukiibi, for allegedly assaulting her.
Nyangoma accuses the teacher of attacking her during an entrepreneurship examination on March 17, 2023, for allegedly talking during the test.
The student claims that Mukiibi slapped her several times and locked her in an office where he continued to assault her.
After the incident, Nyangoma was taken to Jobita Medical Centre in Hoima City for medical attention, where she was examined and found to have been assaulted on her back, both hands, and chest.
According to Julius Hakiza the Albertine region police spokesperson, police summoned the accused teacher to record a statement, but he did not show up.
The assault case has been registered under SD Ref 60/17/03/2023. The school resident director, Moses Mugisa, declined to comment on the matter while the school director, Princess Diana Mugenyi couldn’t be reached.