By AFAYO SHADRACH BETHEL

The Ministry of Education and Sports has banned visitation days and leavers’ parties being organised for candidate classes by schools across the country over the Ebola outbreak.


According to the circular issued by the ministry’s acting Permanent Secretary Mr Ismail Mulindwa, the ban will last until the end of the current term.


Mr Mulindwa also stressed that learners in the boarding section should be restricted from making non-essential trips out of school.


In his circular addressed to all heads of schools and district leaders, He says on the advice of the Ministry of Health, institutions of learning will remain open despite calls by some stakeholders to have them closed.