The President noted that the VAMED Engineering Gmbh team had brought in cheaper finances with an interest rate below 1 percent proposed for the project compared to the 5 percent interests the Finance Ministry has been signing in the past.
“You are wasting your time coming here on basis of information from your friend showing you a posting letter because that friend of yours isn't telling you how they got the job,” a ministry official explained to the anxious teachers on Monday.
Kitgum Resident District Commissioner William Komakech says that 7,600 face masks will be distributed to schools in Sub Counties while 7,752 will be given to learners in schools within the Municipality.
Fred Owot, the Kitgum District Education Officer says the Ministry of Education had promised to provide all finalist and candidates with two free facemasks before schools reopen but failed to deliver them.
Innocent Abongo, the Community Development Officer Chegere Sub County, says many schools in area are still performing poorly due to implementation of the automatic promotion policy.
Henry Ssemakula, a senior education officer who heads the Health/HIV unit in the Ministry of Education said schools still punish their students in ways that have been banned. The Ministry first banned corporal punishment in 2006 and followed up with circulars in 2011 and the latest in 2015.
The Education Ministry says that they have failed to stop the vice because parents and teachers are determined to see it continue. They say new tactics like learning in garages and teachers homes makes it impossible for them to stop holiday classes
Muyingo says tertiary institutions all over the world are offering online courses for continuing education that allows people to work and study simultaneously.
