For about 10 years now, performance of the education sector has been diminishing yet the government is injecting so much money into it.
The government introduced the Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE) programmes mainly to cater for parents who cannot afford to raise fees for their children, and also to fight illiteracy.
The above programmes have enabled many children in Uganda to reach higher levels of education such as university and other higher institutions of learning which have provided them with the necessary skills to get employment or start their own businesses.
The President’s appointment of the First Lady as Education minister and Ms Rosemary Ssennide as the State minister for Primary Education, creates high expectation in the performance and reduction of the rampant problems such as strikes, lack of scholastic materials such as geometry sets, pencils and pens, among others. This is because the two ministers have a good record of service to the country. For instance, the First Lady performed well as minister for Karamoja and brought about many positive changes. There is a likelihood that she will do the same for the ailing education sector.
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