Bridge International Academies have received huge amounts of negative press in recent months for reputable media, government, professional and charity organisations. 

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Below are some links to just a few articles about BIA that relate to why it should be closed:

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Mail & Guardian Africa

• Crackdown on low-cost private schools backed by Gates and Zuckerberg

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Catholic Online

• AMERICAN SCAM? Uganda kicks Gates and Zuckerberg from schools

• Officials find schools not properly educating kids

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Public Finance International

• UK teachers’ union slams Bridge International

• UN education chief slams Liberia over schools PPP plan

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Education International

• Bridge International Academies adds fear and intimidation to its business strategy

• Bridge vs. Reality

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Humanosphere

• Kenyan teachers seek to follow Uganda’s lead; ban Gates-backed private schools

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BBC

• Uganda court orders closure of low-cost Bridge International schools

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The Guardian

• UN criticises UK for spending aid money on for-profit private schools

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Huffington Post

• The Global Fight Against School Privatization

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Standard Digital

• Government promises crackdown as teachers push for ban on UK-backed private school

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Morning Star

• Kenya will crack down on Gates’s filthy shack schools

• Bridge Academies Are Falling Down

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New Vision

• Bridge Academies asked to reimburse learners' school fees

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Washington Post

• The weird story of the arrest of a Canadian education researcher in Uganda

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The Daily Mail

• Schools partially funded by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg ordered to CLOSE

• Uganda court bans Gates-backed schools

• Kenya teachers seek to follow Uganda and ban UK-backed private schools

• Kenya promises crackdown as teachers push for ban on UK-backed private schools
   

CNN​

• Uganda orders schools funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, to shut down

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Campaign For Education

• Uganda judgement on closure of Bridge International Academies must signal a move towards fulfilling the right to education

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