{"id":55776,"date":"2023-09-20T21:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cabinet-approves-shs1-4-trillion-to-fix-upe-gaps"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:01:54","slug":"cabinet-approves-shs1-4-trillion-to-fix-upe-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cabinet-approves-shs1-4-trillion-to-fix-upe-gaps","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves Shs1.4 trillion to fix UPE gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Cabinet has approved more than Shs1.4 trillion in additional funding to the government\u2019s Universal Primary Education programme.<\/p>\n

First Lady Janet Kataha, who is also the Education minister, presented the request for additional UPE funding to enable the government to recruit more than 70,000 teachers and fix other challenges in the programme.<\/p>\n

Dr Dennis Mugimba, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and Sports, yesterday confirmed the development and explained that about 78,888 primary teachers will be recruited to attain a pupil \u2013teacher ratio of 40:1 in Financial Year 2024\/25 in12,433 UPE schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why parents have been contributing to the wage of contract staff is because the government has not been having adequate numbers of teachers in schools. So schools end up recruiting contract staff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we recruit more teachers, there will be no need for schools to contract additional teachers. We shouldn\u2019t be hearing anymore about parents contributing to wages,\u201d Dr Mugimba added.<\/p>\n

He said the recruitment process of additional primary school teachers will commence next financial year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe First Lady has already written to the Ministry of Finance, asking them to avail Shs309b that Cabinet approved to improve the quality of free primary education by July 2024, and part of that money will go towards hiring more primary school teachers,\u201d Dr Mugimba said.<\/p>\n

He revealed that on March 17, Ms Museveni presented and got Cabinet approval of an additional Shs1.48 trillion to support UPE from FY 2024\/2025 to 2027\/ 2028, of which Shs309.16 billion is expected in the first year.<\/p>\n

Mr Mugimba said besides recruitment of additional teachers, there will be increased funding for local government monitoring and inspection of schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment is taking steps to improve teacher presence in schools. We are very hopeful that the anticipated increased funding for education in the next five years will see this huge ocean liner called the education system take a turn for the better,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Records at the Education ministry indicate that currently, the country has a total of 12,433 UPE schools, with 136,819 teachers and 8,624,264 learners. Once the proposed recruitment is effected, it is anticipated that the number of primary school teachers in UPE schools will rise to 215,707, and reduce the teacher-learner ratio from the current 1: 53 to 1 teacher to 40 learners(1:40).<\/p>\n

A head teacher of one of the UPE schools in eastern Uganda, who preferred to remain anonymous, welcomed the government\u2019s decision, saying it would address the challenge of understaffing that they have been grappling with. She also said schools will be relieved of the hustle involved in convincing parents to pay contracted teachers.<\/p>\n

Mr Baguma Filbert, the general secretary of the Uganda National Teachers Union, commended the government for considering recruiting more teachers but also said those recruited should be motivated to teach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very good signal in supporting the education of innocent children because most schools are understaffed. However, to make sure that these teachers teach effectively, they must be motivated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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