Big numbers strain govt schools
Apr 04, 2011
HIGH enrolment figures are straining government-aided secondary schools due to lack of adequate structures and teachers.
By Pascal Kwesiga
HIGH enrolment figures are straining government-aided secondary schools due to lack of adequate structures and teachers.
The increased enrolment is as a result of the introduction of the universal secondary education (USE) in 2007 and universal primary education (UPE) in 1997.
Budde Secondary School in Butambala district has an enrolment of over 600 students. Because the school lacks adequate structures, over 100 students share a classroom, while others hold their lessons under trees in the school compound.
The school headmaster, Hajji Iga Bukenya, told New Vision that lack of space has had a negative impact on the students’ performance.
In a bid to raise academic standards in government-aided secondary schools, Vision Group has continued to give textbooks to 23 schools in each region of the country. Budde SS received 391 textbooks.
“I thank Vision Group for the textbooks. We shall no longer spend our free time loitering in the compound as before because we lacked textbooks and the school does not have a library,†said Jane Babirye, a Senior Four student.
HIGH enrolment figures are straining government-aided secondary schools due to lack of adequate structures and teachers.
The increased enrolment is as a result of the introduction of the universal secondary education (USE) in 2007 and universal primary education (UPE) in 1997.
Budde Secondary School in Butambala district has an enrolment of over 600 students. Because the school lacks adequate structures, over 100 students share a classroom, while others hold their lessons under trees in the school compound.
The school headmaster, Hajji Iga Bukenya, told New Vision that lack of space has had a negative impact on the students’ performance.
In a bid to raise academic standards in government-aided secondary schools, Vision Group has continued to give textbooks to 23 schools in each region of the country. Budde SS received 391 textbooks.
“I thank Vision Group for the textbooks. We shall no longer spend our free time loitering in the compound as before because we lacked textbooks and the school does not have a library,†said Jane Babirye, a Senior Four student.