Kagadi district is grappling with an acute shortage of teachers, which authorities say is affecting performance and management of government aided schools.
Addressing the media at her office, last evening, the Acting District Education Officer Kagadi Beatrace Mbabazi said the district has a deficit of over 600 teachers. She says the staffing crisis is affecting performance in UPE schools.
Mbabazi attributes the crisis to the government policy of phasing out the grade three teachers’ training colleges which created a cute shortage of teachers.
She says the district has not done any recruitment of new teachers for the last five years to replace those that died and retired from service.
Mbabazi however says many government schools have recruited private teachers to fill the gaps contrary to government policy.
She urges collaboration of all stakeholders to address challenges in schools to improve learners’ performance and the general education sector.
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In 1997, the Government of Uganda introduced Universal Primary Education (UPE) Program to enable bright but poor pupils enrol in tuition-free schools.
But the scheme is still seriously hampered by delayed releases of funds, congestion and high student- to- teacher ratio and unclear feeding program for children and teachers in schools.
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