{"id":60179,"date":"2023-11-16T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=60179"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:11:48","slug":"why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms","title":{"rendered":"Why Karamoja is rooting for new education reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Members of the Karamoja Professionals\u2019 Association yesterday tabled before the Education Policy Review Commission key recommendations to increase access to education.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The recommendations that were presented to the Commission by the association\u2019s adviser, Mr David Pulkol, a former government chief spy, included provision of free and compulsory education, compulsory boarding schools, increase on the quality and quality of teachers, re-instating State House scholarships for university and tertiary students, and provision of flexible alternative education opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe greatest resource that Karamoja has are not the minerals, it is not the livestock, but it is our children. Today, Karamoja suffers from low enrollment and transmission rates from primary to secondary education and it is worse from secondary to university. We must re-align the education system to values, lifestyle and culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that they urgently need to address the challenges of inadequate learning materials, high pupil-teacher ratio, and lack of accommodation for teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pulkol, who doubles as the Principal Adviser for Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), revealed that more than 70 percent of the population in Karamoja aged 10 years and above have never been to school, the majority of whom are women and girls.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that only 0.9 percent of children aged 6 to 12 years are enrolled in primary schools in Karamoja compared to 25 percent in Central Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pulkol announced that Karamoja Professionals\u2019 Association was working with the National Planning Authority to develop a 10-year development plan for Karamoja to steer development.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson of the Education Policy Review Commission, Mr Amanya Mushega, said if the need arises, the team from Karamoja would be invited back for more discussions so that more people-centred recommendations can be captured.<\/p>\n<p>Mr John Nassasira, a member of the commission, admitted that Karamoja faces multiple challenges some of which have spilled over to Kampala streets (street children).<\/p>\n<p>Mr Robert Lowok Limlim, the KAPA\u2019s patron, said addressing security questions in Karamoja through education is critical for transforming the region.<\/p>\n<p><b>Transition<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Pulkol said it would be easier for the people of Karamoja to transition from nomadism and venture into agro-business, tourism, and mining among other sectors when they are well educated. He added that currently, the sub-region has 24 lawyers, two actuarial scientists, 24 veterinary doctors, 45 medical doctors, and 38 engineers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: Monitor<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Members of the Karamoja Professionals\u2019 Association yesterday tabled before the Education Policy Review Commission key recommendations to increase access to education. The recommendations that were presented to the Commission by the association\u2019s adviser, Mr David Pulkol, a former government chief spy, included provision of free and compulsory education, compulsory boarding schools, increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-60179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Karamoja is rooting for new education reforms - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Members of the Karamoja Professionals\u2019 Association yesterday tabled before the Education Policy Review Commission key ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Karamoja is rooting for new education reforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the Karamoja Professionals\u2019 Association yesterday tabled before the Education Policy Review Commission key ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-16T15:56:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/sm_1700134777.633146.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Why Karamoja is rooting for new education reforms\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-16T15:56:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms\"},\"wordCount\":396,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/11\/sm_1700134777.633146.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"files\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/why-karamoja-is-rooting-for-new-education-reforms\",\"name\":\"Why Karamoja is rooting for new education reforms - 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