In a bid to
Increase stakeholders obligation as a
key milestone for achieving lunch in schools, reduced on corruption and
accountable leadership Kabarole Resource
Source and Centre, Rwenzori information centers Network, Rwenzori anti
–corruption coalition, AHURIO, Ride Africa, KANCA and JESA launched regional education
campaign at Kiboota primary school, kabarole district this interface meeting was chaired by head
master mr. Karuhanga Francis of this school, management committee, parents, children and
CSOs to enhance way of strengthening
pupils performance.
This came
after cross administrative issues of universal primary education policy were analyzed
country wide that most of the stakeholders feel absent about its
implementation.
Uganda
before 1986, education system was severely disrupted prior to the introduction
of universal primary education
The status of
primary school sector were extremely poor where by budgetary allocations had
declined from 3.4% to 1.4% between 1971 and 1985 and the burden was born by
parents while expansion of primary schools attracted both domestic and
international attention in 1990s, H.E
yoweri kaguta pledged for UPE during his presidential campaigns in 1996 and
UPE policy were introduced to address Five
major fields of intervation one was to abolish school fees to all government
schools, increase the government expenditure on primary education, component
was to introduce double shift for grades , definition of parental
responsibilities as provision of lunch, uniform, shelter.
It was
realized that in kiboota primary school in kabarole district parents have
failed to provide lunch for their children either because they don’t mind about
children’s future or some think that the government should pay for everything
which has affected the education performance in schools
According to
the headmaster of kiboota primary school mr.Karuhanga Francis information
indicate that out of 1010 pupils only 400 pack lunch from home the remaining
6010 pupils go hungry this has affected their performance, escaping from school
and he appreciated CSOs intervation to
work as alarm bells in developing this country, campaign to call upon all stakeholders to be responsible for the
betterment of childrens’ future and the school vision
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