Double-shift system temporary â€" Bitamazire
Feb 12, 2009
THE double-shift method of teaching is a temporary measure, the education minister, Namirembe Bitamazire, has said.
By Anthony Bugembe
THE double-shift method of teaching is a temporary measure, the education minister, Namirembe Bitamazire, has said.
“We are using the system to help us cope with the increasing student population. When we have constructed enough classrooms, then we shall do away with it,†she said.
The double-shift system is where some students study in the morning, while others study in the afternoon. The system was once operational in the 1980s.
The number of students enrolling for secondary education has increased from 250,000 to more than 300,000 following the introduction of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) programme in 2007.
This necessitated the reintroduction of the double-shift system. So far, 32 secondary schools are operating with the system.
Bitamazire was speaking during the commissioning of a 12-classroom block at Kololo High School in Kampala yesterday.
The construction of the sh471m block was funded by the Government to help the school phase out self-sponsored students.
The permanent secretary, Francis Lubanga, said donors had agreed to increase funding for the USE programme.
“This will help us make government-sponsored schools competitive,†he said.
Earlier this week, the ministry remitted sh9.4b to secondary schools participating in USE as capitation grants for the first term.
THE double-shift method of teaching is a temporary measure, the education minister, Namirembe Bitamazire, has said.
“We are using the system to help us cope with the increasing student population. When we have constructed enough classrooms, then we shall do away with it,†she said.
The double-shift system is where some students study in the morning, while others study in the afternoon. The system was once operational in the 1980s.
The number of students enrolling for secondary education has increased from 250,000 to more than 300,000 following the introduction of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) programme in 2007.
This necessitated the reintroduction of the double-shift system. So far, 32 secondary schools are operating with the system.
Bitamazire was speaking during the commissioning of a 12-classroom block at Kololo High School in Kampala yesterday.
The construction of the sh471m block was funded by the Government to help the school phase out self-sponsored students.
The permanent secretary, Francis Lubanga, said donors had agreed to increase funding for the USE programme.
“This will help us make government-sponsored schools competitive,†he said.
Earlier this week, the ministry remitted sh9.4b to secondary schools participating in USE as capitation grants for the first term.