Government transfers 1,093 teachers

Weeks after transferring   secondary school head teachers and deputies, the Ministry of Education has gone ahead to reshuffle 1,093 teachers in a similar move of trying to  improve efficiency in public schools  .

According to Mr Francis Agula, the assistant commissioner secondary education, the majority of  affected teachers have either overstayed in the schools and can longer perform while others do not have the required minimum work load of 24 lessons per week or have social problems.

“Some of these teachers were under -loaded –meaning that they teach less than the required lessons yet there are schools with few teachers which need their services,” he said yesterday.

Mr Agula  said those who contest their transfer with sounding reasons, should   report to their new stations and later appeal through their new supervisors.

“By doing that, it will be evident that they have accepted the transfer and therefore, we can  listen to their complaints,” he said

Background

Last year, about 400 classroom teachers were transferred across the country but many continue to grapple with challenges of accommodation at schools where they were posted and a good number of them rent houses far from their work stations thus making them trek long distances to work.

Last week, President Yoweri Museveni said his government had not given up on its promise to give decent accommodation to teachers and medical workers across the country and urged them to remain patient.

List of some of the teachers who were transferred.

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