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Govt asked to turn former Ngora teachers' college into vocational institute

Former students who trained as primary teachers at the now defunct Bishop Kitching College (BKC) in Ngora District have asked government to turn it into a vocational training institute.

The college named after Bishop Kitching of the Anglican Upper Nile Diocese was phased out by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) in 2000 on grounds that government was incapacitated to manage several teacher training colleges across the country.

The former teachers' college that had been started in 1903 is now in ruins.

Teacher Paphras Olupot, who trained at BKC in the early 1950s, said the institution was phased out upon consultation with the Anglican Church.

According to him, they “tried to ensure that the college wouldn’t be closed but lost the battle since the church leadership yielded to government’s decision.”