The CAO Fred Kalyesubula says the implicated headteachers have been given up to one week to refund the money and account for its withdrawal without due procedures.
As the school term has been cut shot due to the country wide COVID-19 mitigation measures, the Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has halted registration process for candidates who will sit for national examinations this year.
UNEB Chairperson Prof. Mary Okwakol says that the cases of examination malpractice in school were supported by headteachers. “In some schools, scouts were even bribed to allow teachers to give candidates assistance," Okwakol said.
Hajji Buwembo, the head teacher of Kakungulu Memorial School says that they to improvise transport means to pick up the examination papers. "Due to the morning rains there was a lot of traffic jam and many of us had to improvise and use Boda boda to pick out examinations," he said.
Recently, Luweero District Head Teachers’ Association passed a resolution requiring all primary school to acquire identification tags bearing their passport photos, names, parent’s names and place of residence.
The Fort Portal Municipal Education Officer, Richard Alituha, says the recommended pupil-desk ratio is three pupils per desk, but most of these schools are now struggling with six pupils per desk.
Ayub Maganda, the Chairperson Buwolomela primary school Management Committee, says he repeatedly engaged the head teacher to improve supervision in vain.
Ayoo says whereas the law requires the district to often consult with the foundation bodies, they must avoid religious bias since it can cripple the education sector.
According to Anywarach, some government secondary schools are struggling to contain the huge of the Universal Primary Education graduates and cant do much in their academic life.
Appearing before the committee, Professor Elly Katunguka, the Vice-chancellor Kyambogo University said the major problem leading to sexual harassment is the fact that girls in the University are not adequately supported by their parents, leading them to seek support from men.
Only four schools have substantive deputy head teachers leaving 87 positions vacant. Omona noted that with the 1:59 teacher pupil ratio against the recommended 1:53 ratio, Kitgum needs to recruit at least 104 teachers to enable the district achieve the 1:50 teacher pupil ratio.
Rwakikara says the district has not recruited any teachers or head teachers since 2013 due to lack of funds. He explains that despite writing to the Education and Public Service Ministries about the issue, they havent been helped.
Deogratius Ssenkyole, the Mpigi District Education Officer, notes that only about 30 percent of the 40,000 pupils in 140 public schools in the district get the mid-day meal at school.
According to the Uganda Violence against Children Survey report, schools were one of the areas where children are abused. The report shows that more than 20 percent of all forms of sexual violence that involve children take place at school.
