{"id":72557,"date":"2024-05-03T19:33:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=72557"},"modified":"2024-05-03T19:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:04:34","slug":"how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools","title":{"rendered":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditions.<\/b><\/p>\n

The District Education Officer, Ms Agnes Lukendo, said although there are 76 government-aided primary schools in the district, most of them are struggling to provide quality education.<\/p>\n

He blamed the situation on few teachers, lack of pit-latrines, and inadequate classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost schools in the district are in dire need of infrastructure development, including teacher\u2019s accommodation, and inadequate teachers,\u201d Ms Lukendo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are doing our best to address the teacher shortage and improve infrastructure, but we need resources,\u201d she said, adding that the district has a total of only 1,123 teachers.<\/p>\n

Ms Lukendo said the district is meant to have 1,823 teachers, giving a deficit of 700 teachers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is quite a big gap to cope with the high pupil ratio to teachers,\u201d she said, adding that the district has about 96,000 learners.<\/p>\n

The current teacher to pupil ratio stands at 1:120 instead of 1:80.<\/p>\n

The headteacher of Gogonyo Primary School, Mr Simon Patrick Otibu, tasked the district to prioritise the recruitment of more teachers.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach school should be added a minimum number of teachers based on the enrolment to meet the required minimum standards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also noted that the lack of staff accommodation at the schools forces some teachers to trek long distances.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of this scenario, the teachers either report late and when exhausted, they fail to perform to their expectations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Enock Nampeke, the inspector of schools, noted a trend of high dropout rates among learners.<\/p>\n

According to a recent report conducted by Citizen Initiative for Democracy and Development [CIDD-Ug], about 54 percent of the pupils who enrolled in Primary One in 2015, did not complete the primary cycle in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is affecting class management and is significantly impacting on the quality of teaching and learning,\u201d Mr Nampeke said.<\/p>\n

He also challenged the government to review some of the unfair policies such as automatic promotion that were put in place that were part of the bigger challenge hindering the education sector.<\/p>\n

The district inspector of schools, Ms Jesca Ojangole, said parents\u2019 failure to embrace the policy of feeding at school also remains a big challenge.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly 5 percent of some of the schools in the district are attempting to implement the feeding programme,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditions. The District Education Officer, Ms Agnes Lukendo, said although there are 76 government-aided primary schools in the district, most of them are struggling to provide quality education. He blamed the situation on few teachers, lack of pit-latrines, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-72557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nHow teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditio ...\" \/>\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\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\" \/>\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=\"2024-05-03T19:33:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"443\" \/>\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\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-03T19:33:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\",\"name\":\"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-03T19:33:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditio ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":443,\"caption\":\"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools - Uganda","description":"Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditio ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools","og_description":"Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditio ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-05-03T19:33:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":443,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools","datePublished":"2024-05-03T19:33:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools"},"wordCount":397,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools","name":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-03T19:33:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Pallisa District is grappling with severe shortage of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, and poor learning conditio ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/05\/sm_1714750114.614955.jpg","width":696,"height":443,"caption":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-teacher-shortage-is-affecting-pallisa-schools#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How teacher shortage is affecting Pallisa schools"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}