400 teachers transferred
Feb 24, 2003
THERE is some comfort that one gets when they stay too long in a school. They become a part of the school as they see several pupils come and go.
THERE is some comfort that one gets when they stay too long in a school. They become a part of the school as they see several pupils come and go.
In Yumbe district, there was a sudden move to transfer primary school teachers. According to Mark Kivu, the District Education Officer (DEO), this was done in order to improve the standard of teaching in the area. Let us pray that it works.
Each of the government-aided primary schools would get four trained and qualified Grade II teachers. Hopefully it works out, and to the district, congratulations for making a bold move.
For those who think that the affirmative action we have is enough, wait a minute. Betty Akech, the state minister for Higher Education, wants some more for girls. On behalf of government, she ordered tertiary institutions to emulate Makerere University by introducing the 1.5 points for girls so as to increase girls entry into tertiary institutes.
She said this while presiding over the graduation ceremony for the Uganda Cooperative College, Kigumba, in Masindi district.
A student at Nserester Vocational Secondary School in Nyendo, Masaka, became a good ambassador for Uganda when she was awarded a crown of wisdom at an international Girls conference in Arvika city in Sweden.
Maurine Nakyanja represented Africa at the one-month conference on the theme Vocationalisation-the best for a girl child, organised and sponsored by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
On a sad note, a teacher and a student were part of five people killed when suspected Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided the town of Kitgum in northern Uganda, last Sunday, according to an AFP report. AFP, however, did not name the deceased. May their souls rest in peace.
As LRA continues terrorising people, the Reform Agenda (RA) has called for immediate free secondary education for children from war-ravaged areas because their parents are unable to raise school fees.
The call was made by RA deputy secretary, Louis Otika, during the weekly press briefing. He said the RA long-term interest was to have Universal Secondary Education (USE).
However, government has already started preparing for USE to absorb the 900,000 UPE graduates in 2004.
In Yumbe district, there was a sudden move to transfer primary school teachers. According to Mark Kivu, the District Education Officer (DEO), this was done in order to improve the standard of teaching in the area. Let us pray that it works.
Each of the government-aided primary schools would get four trained and qualified Grade II teachers. Hopefully it works out, and to the district, congratulations for making a bold move.
For those who think that the affirmative action we have is enough, wait a minute. Betty Akech, the state minister for Higher Education, wants some more for girls. On behalf of government, she ordered tertiary institutions to emulate Makerere University by introducing the 1.5 points for girls so as to increase girls entry into tertiary institutes.
She said this while presiding over the graduation ceremony for the Uganda Cooperative College, Kigumba, in Masindi district.
A student at Nserester Vocational Secondary School in Nyendo, Masaka, became a good ambassador for Uganda when she was awarded a crown of wisdom at an international Girls conference in Arvika city in Sweden.
Maurine Nakyanja represented Africa at the one-month conference on the theme Vocationalisation-the best for a girl child, organised and sponsored by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA).
On a sad note, a teacher and a student were part of five people killed when suspected Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels raided the town of Kitgum in northern Uganda, last Sunday, according to an AFP report. AFP, however, did not name the deceased. May their souls rest in peace.
As LRA continues terrorising people, the Reform Agenda (RA) has called for immediate free secondary education for children from war-ravaged areas because their parents are unable to raise school fees.
The call was made by RA deputy secretary, Louis Otika, during the weekly press briefing. He said the RA long-term interest was to have Universal Secondary Education (USE).
However, government has already started preparing for USE to absorb the 900,000 UPE graduates in 2004.