UGANDA’S government has ordered a chain of ramshackle private schools funded by the world’s richest man to close for failing to meet basic standards.

Education Minister Janet Museveni said on Tuesday that some 12,000 Bridge International Academies (BIA) pupils would be moved to state schools.

The Ministry of Education found that most of the BIA schools were not properly registered, had poor sanitation and lacked trained teachers among its 800 staff.