UNDER-STAFFING CAUSE OF POOR EDUCATION PERFORMANCE IN MASINDI— UNATU CHAIRMAN

By Yosam Gucwaki
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In Masindi
The Chairman Uganda National teachers Union (UNATU) Masindi district Fidel Andama Obia has asked Masindi district authorities to recruit more teachers to fill the vacant posts that exist in the district.
Speaking to www.mknewslink.com at Masindi district headquarters today, Andama said the district currently has a short fall of over 180 teachers which needs to be filled for effective teaching to be realized in the district.
Andama partly blamed the poor performance in PLE in the district on understaffing. He said that there are many schools in the district that are understaffed citing Kasenene primary school in Budongo sub-county, where he said a teacher in primary one class is handling over 300 pupils.
Andamas call comes at a time Masindi district is struggling to improve education standards. The district got 186 first grades in last years PLE with 69 coming from government aided primary schools and the rest from private schools.
According to the LCV chairperson Masindi district,the district needs 1 billion shillings in the 2019/2020 financial year to recruit more teachers
He also said that the matter has been brought to the attention of the Minister of Education and that of Finance, but they are yet to respond.

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