Local police spokeswoman Zura Ganyana said on Wednesday that 51 students between the ages of 7 and 16 were injured Tuesday. She said the teacher who died was visiting the Runyanya primary school, about 260 km west of Uganda's capital.

Zombo education official John Ojobi says another school some 320 km northwest of Kampala was also hit by lightning Tuesday, injuring 37 students and two teachers. Meteorology experts say school buildings are being hit because they don't have lightning conductors and are built on high ground.