“The NRM government is taking great strides in bringing an affordable and accessible public Secondary School to
each sub-county that has none”.
The Education minister and first lady Janat Kataaha Museveni made the remarks at state house Nakaaero while releasing the 2020 UCE results on Friday.
The minister assured that once the
lockdown measures have been eased, the Ministry “shall
be ready to commission at least ninety-five (95) brand
new fully government-owned and complete Secondary
Schools”.
According to the minister, each of these schools is already staffed with 31(thirty-one) teaching staff including the Headteacher.
“These new Secondary Schools: fondly referred to as Seed schools, are non-boarding Schools with a capacity for 400
students for both boys and girls” She informed.
The facilities at these new government schools include six classrooms, fully
equipped science laboratories, a library and ICT laboratory, a 400-seater multipurpose Hall, and four (04) staff houses among others.
Mrs Museveni said that the NRM government envisions a future where no learner shall ever have to forego their O-Level studies for the reason of not having an affordable and accessible quality public Secondary School.
“I would like to remind my fellow Ugandans that education is a shared responsibility by the parents and
guardians, State and non-State actors.
It does not matter if government puts
these facilities in place, but the parents and guardians fail to play their role in ensuring that the child attains an
education”. She advised.
Students under the free education model by government have had problems such as lack of reading materials and fully equipped laboratories for science classes leading to poor performance
