Japan government aids Mpigi school
Nov 26, 2008
INADEQUATE facilities and lack of a good learning environment are the major problems affecting the quality of education in the country, an envoy has said.
By Joseph Kariuki
INADEQUATE facilities and lack of a good learning environment are the major problems affecting the quality of education in the country, an envoy has said.
Japanese ambassador Keiichi Kato said there was need for communities to invest in infrastructure.
He was speaking at the commissioning of two classroom blocks built by the Japanese government at Kammengo Primary School on Tuesday.
“With the Universal Secondary Education, the Government has drastically reduced the budget for primary schools, which means they have no means to improve their facilities,†Kato said.
He said the two blocks, with two classrooms each, would reduce congestion in the school.
The sh26m project was funded through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects scheme, which supports community-based projects.
The donation included 72 desks, four chairs and tables, pit-latrines and the installation of electricity.
The diocesan secretary for Buganda, the Rev. Canon Wilberforce Kabanda, attacked politicians for not encouraging parents to feed their children at school.
“Parents are not feeding their children or buying scholastic materials but politicians are not helping because they think they will not be re-elected if they put pressure on them,†Kabanda said.
INADEQUATE facilities and lack of a good learning environment are the major problems affecting the quality of education in the country, an envoy has said.
Japanese ambassador Keiichi Kato said there was need for communities to invest in infrastructure.
He was speaking at the commissioning of two classroom blocks built by the Japanese government at Kammengo Primary School on Tuesday.
“With the Universal Secondary Education, the Government has drastically reduced the budget for primary schools, which means they have no means to improve their facilities,†Kato said.
He said the two blocks, with two classrooms each, would reduce congestion in the school.
The sh26m project was funded through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects scheme, which supports community-based projects.
The donation included 72 desks, four chairs and tables, pit-latrines and the installation of electricity.
The diocesan secretary for Buganda, the Rev. Canon Wilberforce Kabanda, attacked politicians for not encouraging parents to feed their children at school.
“Parents are not feeding their children or buying scholastic materials but politicians are not helping because they think they will not be re-elected if they put pressure on them,†Kabanda said.