Education

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Expanding education infrastructure; the building of technical vocation schools; continuing to spread schools to all sub-counties; building teacher’ houses; continuing to emphasize science education in secondary schools and universities.

Improve the quality of education and strengthen UPE, USE, Tech/Vocational Education.

Universal Primary Education:

Through recruitment of 20,000 teachers to bring down the teacher: pupil ratio from the current 1:57 to 1:45.

• Introduce refresher courses for teachers.
• Progressively increase teachers’ salaries.
• Pay additional allowances to teachers in hard-to-reach areas.
• Construct additional classrooms.
• Construct additional teachers’ houses in all primary schools.
• Provide teaching materials.
• Continue providing UPE and USE through boarding schools in Karamoja and the Islands because of their unique situation.
• Ensure no charges are imposed by Head teachers or parents associations in UPE and UPPET.
• Ensure quality in education through strict inspection, monitoring and evaluation.

USE/BTVET:

• Construct a seed school in every sub county
• Old secondary schools will be rehabilitated and centres of excellence in some of the schools will be established
• Introduce Universal higher education, i.e. HSC (Senior 5 and 6).
• Construct and equip 475 laboratories and 639 libraries
• Continue giving incentives to investors in private schools e.g not taxing private schools
• Progressively improve the curriculum to meet the job market requirements
• Continue to provide free BTVET and Technical education
• Construct technical institutes starting with 21 in Amuria, Hoima, Kamuli, Masaka, Ntungamo, Mukono, Nakasongola, Namutumba, Pader, Yumbe, Kiboga, Bukedea, Kyenjojo, Lyantonde, Adjumani, Kitangwenda, Nakaseke, Lt. Col Nasur Amin
• Subsequently construct 15 technical schools every year.

  Special Needs Education:

  • Improve pupil : teachers ratio to 10:1 in special needs schools. Improve salaries from Grade III to Grade V.

  Public Universities

  • Progressively increase the number of government sponsored students from the current 4000 upwards. Provide a loan scheme to students who are not directly sponsored by government.
  • Increase funding to private universities Upgrade the following;; Arapai Campus under Busitema University to offer Bachelor of Animal Production and Management, Namasagali Campus under Busitema to offer, Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Economics;; Lira Constituent College of Gulu University to become operational in 2012/13 and to offer degree courses in Nursing;; Public Health and Engineering;; A public University will become operational in West Nile region in 2012/13;; Makerere University Business School will be elevated to a university status in 2012/13;; Start a constituent college in Karamoja;; upgrade Kigumba Petroleum Institute to a public university;; Establish Mbale campus of Busitema university
  • Commit more resources for the uplifting of sports in schools, the sporting groups, and individuals. Provide more resources for the upkeep and development of sporting infrastructure in the country.