Internet reacts as Mengo SS flies students to Dubai

The travelling learners, it is understood, are Senior Four candidates.

Images of the students boarding a Uganda Airlines flight at Entebbe Airlines were shared widely on social media.

It was not clear yet whether the aircraft, an Uganda Airlines Airbus A330Neo was chartered for the trip.

According to reports, however, the candidate class is off to Dubai for a geography study tour.

Uganda Martyrs

Meanwhile, Uganda Martyrs SS, has at least five student trips outside of the country lined up for later this year and early next year.

The students will be flying to Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, UAE and Italy.

The cost of the trips ranges from Shs 1.7 million per child to a staggering Shs 11 million.

This news was received with mixed reactions online, with one Stella wondering, “What are schools trying to prove these days?”

Others, however, showed support stressing that wealthy parents should be free to treat their children as they see fit.

In May this year, the government of Uganda through the Ministry of Education was compelled to issue a warning about extravagance in schools, after a parent chattered a helicopter ride for his son to make a grand entry at Elite High School’s Prom party.

Minister of State for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo said parents should not be allowed to waste scarce resources in this manner.