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Dungu: Government has disbursed shs30b to 300 teachers

(Last Updated On: 31 March 2022)

In February 2022, the then Deputy Speaker, Anita Among directed that the Ministry of Education and Sports should take the lead role in the disbursement of the cash relief to private school teachers.


By Joyce Aguti

Lira – Mach 31, 2022: The Principle Education Officer at the Ministry of Education and Sport Ronald Dungu said in a meeting held at Lira primary school, Lira City on March 30 2022 that more than 200 teachers have been supported.

 

Dungu was meeting headteachers, teachers, and directors of different schools on registering teachers who are not on the government payroll to benefit from the cash relief program.

 

“The government has disbursed shs30b to 300 teachers who are not on the government payroll to support them and the program started last year [2021],” Dungu said.

 

COVID-19 pandemic has affected teachers who are not on the government payroll and most of them have shifted to doing business. Some have got no morale to getting back to the classrooms.

 

Lucy Akedi, the Education Officer of Special Needs said at the meeting that headteachers and directors of schools should recruit teachers for pupils and students with special needs.

 

Sam Ojede, headteacher of Lira Junior nursery and primary school said when there is a new curriculum they should be advised.

 

He requested the Ministry of Education and Sports to train teachers on how to handle learners with special needs.

 

He continued that the government’s plan to support teachers is very good and they are thankful for the plan.

 

Teachers who are working in government schools and doing part-time teaching in private schools won’t receive the money because it will be computerized, according to Dungu.

 

In February 2022, the then Deputy Speaker, Anita Among directed that the Ministry of Education and Sports should take the lead role in the disbursement of the cash relief to private school teachers.

 

 Her directive came after GiveDirectly, a Non-Governmental Organization donated shs30 billion cash relief to the government to enable private school teachers to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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