Uganda orders chain of private schools to close over homosexuality

Ugandan Education Minister, Janet Museveni, who's also the country first lady, has announced that the government is closing Bridge International Academies, a chain of low-cost primary schools, for not meeting standards. 

The schools are popular with poorer families who believe they offer a higher standard of teaching than state schools in East Africa. 

Some Ugandan MPs have accused Bridge of promoting homosexuality and Uganda has strict anti-gay legislation. 

Bridge International Academies has not responded to the gay accusations but describes its mission as the world’s largest education innovation company serving the 700 million families who live on less than $2 per day. 

But the school has appealed to Mrs Museveni to keep them open.

BBC