WARNING DISTURBING PICTURES: Mukaro Girls College Torched Down
25 March 2016
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Dear Editor-
We are still waiting for an explanation of the fire incident at Mukaro Girls college (Gutu) last week.
On 15 March 2015 we woke up with horror pictures of a burnt girls dormitory circulating.
We have waited for an official explanation through the week but the silence is deafening. Neither the Ministry of Education nor the Roman Catholic church as the responsible authority have said anything.
Has there been any police investigation? Rumour has it that the fire started from under the bed of one of the students.
When I went to the school I established that there are no electrical sockets in the said hostel. Is it possible that a Form 2 girl could have been using a candle to read at 12 midnight?
If so does the school allow or at least check the pupils’ bags upon entry? Were the pupils who first saw the fire interviewed by the police or school authorities? What is their story? As a parent I got the impression that the pupils are overcrowded.
Is there a standard carrying capacity of dormitories prescribed by the responsible ministry? Does the school have any fire fighting equipment? Are the children aware of how to react to such a disaster? The concern even goes to the qualifications of the boarding mistress. Is she trained?
Does she know how to handle a fire outbreak? Does the school have any insurance against such eventualities? While we thank God that there were no casualties (if that’s the truth), this incident cannot just be forgotten without addressing the above concerns. In normal set-up a Commission of Inquiry would have been set up and its findings made public. Least we forget this is the same school from where pupils marched 25 km to the DEO to protest against the water situation and other problems not so long ago.

5 Replies to “WARNING DISTURBING PICTURES: Mukaro Girls College Torched Down”

  1. Good evening Sir/Mam. The location is Gutu, Masvingo Province, and the writer had forgotten to make this vital pointer. Thank you

  2. STUPID REPORTING…….VERY SHALLOW…WHERE IS THIS MUKARO COLLEGE ?

  3. STUPID REPORTING…….VERY SHALLOW…WHERE IS THIS MUKARO COLLEGE ?

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