{UAH} SIXTY THREE SCHOOLS CLOSED COUNTRYWIDE OVER LACK OF FUNDS!!!

63 schools close over lack of funds

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James Tweheyo, Unatu gen. secretary. 

James Tweheyo, Unatu gen. secretary.  

By Richard Otim, Alfred Tumushabe & Patience Ahimbisibwe

Posted  Thursday, August 8   2013 at  01:00

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The failure to release the funds left teachers demoralised with no pay, while schools lacked funds to operate business countrywide

At least 63 schools across the country have closed prematurely after the government failed to release capitation grants. According to Mr James Tweheyo, the general secretary of the Uganda National Teachers' Union, the government hoodwinked the public, saying they had paid capitation grants to schools and teachers yet they had not, which has demotivated them.

However, an official in the ministry denies any wrongdoing on the part of the government. Even while the ongoing closures were acknowledged, the official maintained that everything had been done on the government's part.

As a result of failure to release the funds, Mr Tweheyo explained that some schools had already closed while other administrators were trying to adjust the school term from August 23 to mid-August. He explained that several districts including Mbarara, Sheema, Bushenyi, Tororo, Rakai, Masaka, Mukono, Ntungamo and Nakaseke had some of their schools closed because the students were redundant, in some cases causing strikes.

In other schools, teachers have refused to administer mock examinations to Senior Four and Six candidates because of unpaid salaries.

For instance, in Mbarara, 13 schools were closed, Sheema (37) and Ntungamo (nine).

Ms Hannifah Bukenya, the deputy chairperson of the National Association of Private Universal Secondary Education Schools, said many private schools implementing universal secondary education had difficulties operating, with many forced to ask parents to intervene.

"There is no money to pay teachers and buy scholastic materials. Many have not done mock exams. I personally will close my school on August 16 instead of 23 because there are no funds to keep us around," the head teacher of Nakifuma High School, said on phone yesterday.

No salaries, no exams

This has not been different at Ngero Rock High School in Kumi, where about 430 candidates missed mocks because teachers have not been paid for the last three months.

At least 375 students from the school are preparing to sit S4 national examinations while 62 have registered for the S6 exams. "When we reported to school, teachers were sitting under trees. One of them told me they were not going to teach or give us exams because they had not received their salary," the head prefect, Ms Harriet Amongin, said.

The director of studies, Mr Karoli Opio, on Monday said 47 of the teachers on government payroll had not received pay since April. "We are wondering why the salaries are not in our accounts after the government promised to pay last month," Mr Opio said. Mr Stephen Onyait, a teacher, said he had failed to pay rent for the last three months and his landlord was threatening to evict him.

The head teacher Ngero, Mr Vincent Emolit, said the mock examinations had been slated to begin on August 5 to August 20 but could not be done because of the standoff.

Mr Patrick Muinda, the commissioner in-charge of communication and information at the Education ministry, yesterday said the ministry was still consulting different stakeholders over the strikes. He, however, added: "The ministry made timely submission to Finance ministry for capitation grants."

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MY FIFTY YEARS DEADLY JOURNEY TO THE GOLDEN TRAGEDIES OF OUR MOTHERLAND-WHY I NEVER CELEBRATED THE  JUBILEE!!!

1962-1975-1 was not yet born

1976-1979-IDI AMIN MURDERED MY UNCLES THE LATE HON: AROMA MARTIN,EMOR BEN AND MY FATHER THE LATE PETER OGWAL 

1980-1986

WE SURVIVED ON RELIEF FOOD (YELLO POSHO +BEANS) under very difficult conditions as orphans though we had plenty of cattle that was eventually stolen by NRM/UPDF

1986-2000 My Childhood Destruction

NRA/UPDF STOLE ALL OUR CATTLE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AFTER THEM AND RAPED MY COUSIN SISTER IN MY PRESENCE

Museveni SURAMBAYA FIGHTER JETS BOMBS OUR HOME VILLAGE-FIVE KILOMETERS FROM LIRA TOWN AND I SURVIVED AS MANY INNOCENT CIVILIANS WERE KILLED PLUS LIVE STOCKS

Alice Lakwena War BEGAN that really exposed us to a lot of dead bodies bombed,shot and cut with matchetes LYING LIFELESS FROM OUR VILLAGE TO LIRA TOWN

Gen: David Tinyefuza OPERATIONS NORTH where even Children were not spared KIBOKO-we were thoroughly caned by UPDF as they arrested the 18 famous Northern Uganda Politicians at that material time

2000-2012

NRA Mafias start my PERSECUTION at Makerere University

Breaking of my leg

Expulsion from Makerere

Museveni STATE HOUSE PLUS THEIR MAFIA NETWORKS ON MY HOT PURSUIT DEVISING ALL STRATEGIES TO MURDER ME

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