Leaders of the Teachers union are condemning the upgrading of head teachers in public schools saying the system being used by the Education Service Commission is out of law as it seeks to render most head teachers jobless and now UNATU demands that the commission uses the appropriate channels to enforce upgrades. According to the […]
Teachers have demanded the president use his power and issue a directive for the release of the teachers’ SACCO funds as was promised. Teachers say that ever since the president told the minister for Education Jessica Alupo to liaise with relevant ministry to release funds to the teachers’ SACCO, they have not seen the money. The […]
Teachers under their mother body UNATU have resolved to go back to class starting today after a week and two days of not performing their duties as they continued to mount pressure on government for the payment of the pledged 10% increase and SACCO cash. After a heated meeting with government, the teachers met and resolved […]
Parliament has been tasked to explain why teachers in government schools are not teaching yet the term begun on Monday 18th May. Ekanya Geoffrey (MP Tororo County) rose on a matter of national importance and inquired why children in public schools had not yet started studying, while their counterparts in private schools had resumed. “Children of the […]
Teachers under their mother body UNATU have declared an industrial action that will see them not open schools starting Monday next week at the beginning of term two until government accepts to increase their salaries with a 10% increase as earlier agreed upon. In a heated district leaders meeting held today at UNATU head offices in Kampala and […]
Teachers under their umbrella association, Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) maintain that their industrial action still stands until the government meets their demands. The teachers today released four conditions for the government to follow if they are to get back on duty. Ammong the guidelines include, withdrawal of agents of intimidation and harassment towards teachers, […]
The government of Uganda has been ugued to increase funding for pupils within the government aided schools to avert the problem of closing before the standard given time of the term. The Uganda national teachers union chairperson Margret Rwabushaiza Namubiru says given the economic crisis the country is going through, government should allocate additional funds […]