BY JOACKIM KULE
Leaders in Lake Katwe Sub-county, Kasese District have expressed disappointment over the insufficient infrastructure, staffing levels and learners’ enrollment in some schools existing in the area.
The leaders note that the challenge does not only affect the learning of learners but also the development in those schools.
The leaders argue that the staffing levels especially at Hamkungu Parents’ Secondary and Hamkungu Primary School are not enough.
Mr. Isaya Kanani, the Sub-county Councilor representing Hamkungu Parish reports that the only government grant -aided secondary school in the area doesn’t have a substantively appointed Head teacher while other teachers were transferred without a replacement.
This, according to him, leaves a gap between the administration, learners and teachers due to their insufficiency.
Kanani also reveals another challenge of lack of staff quarters to accommodate the teachers who come from distant areas, hence forcing them to report late at the institution. He, however, asserts that in the past three years, the district leadership launched the construction of a staff house but the works have since stalled.
Muzamiru Bisanga Kigeri, the District Councilor representing Late Katwe Sub-county complains that amidst having few teaching staff, most of them part-time with other institutions, leaving the learners unattended to.
The highlighted issues from the leaders have attracted the attention of the district leadership which has pledged to make a follow-up and address the challenge.
The Kasese District Chief Administrative Officer, Edward Kasagara, says he would follow-up the issue of the staffing levels in the Ministry of Education and Sports so that they forge ways of filling the existing staffing gaps to enable the learning process to go on smoothly.
However, the Kasese Resident District Commissioner, Lt. Joe Walusimbi, says that despite the lack of some staff houses, he doesn’t entertain workers’ absenteeism because the teachers committed themselves to serve.
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