Ministerial Policy Statement FY 2019/2020

Abstract

Pre-Primary and Primary: Rehabilitate 22 Primary Schools; monitor and provide support supervision to 300 pre-primary/ECD centers; procure Lightening Arrestors for selected 200 schools in 6 districts; procure 6,000 metallic storage cabinets; procure P5-P7 instructional materials, Dictionaries, Readers in English and some local languages. Secondary Education: The sub-sector plans to provide support supervision to 384 Secondary Schools both USE and Non USE; hold an Annual Secondary Schools Music, Dance and Drama and complete structures left under APL 1. Higher Education: The sub-sector plans to support research in public universities and support academic staff development at PhD level; complete all civil works and students¶merit scholarship at 8 public higher education institutions; continue to strengthen the capacity of the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba; advance loans to new intake of 1,808 undergraduate students and 400 Diploma students; operationalize Mountains of the Moon and Busoga Universities as Public Universities . Quality and Standards: The sub-sector will inspect 2,861 Secondary Schools, 600 BTVET Institutions, 67 PTCs, 5; follow up inspection of 320 schools that have been identified during inspection requiring improvement; complete construction works in the 7 PTCs and remove asbestos roofs in PTCs; complete rehabilitation and expansion works in 5 NTCs; strengthen the Teacher Management Information System. Skills Development: Under this program, the Ministry plans to complete construction of facilities at 5 technical institutions; carry out expansion and rehabilitation of 9 Technical Institutes; Procure assorted furniture for Health Training Institutions; continue construction of 3 Technical Institutes; construct 4 Workshops and 4 Laboratory Buildings at UPIK and UTC Kichwamba; Train and certify 180 Assessors in CBET approaches; assess and certify 160 DITTE instructors; facilitate CBET Programmes at 4 Institutions; assess and certify 2 DTIM managers; develop 400 assessment instruments. Physical Education and Sports: The sub-sector plans to complete phase I construction of the National High Altitude Training Centre; Orient 200 Secondary School teachers on teaching of P.E. Special Needs Education: The sub-sector plans to procure 200 cartons of Braille paper, 28 braille machines, 200 magnifying glasses, 20 computers with jaws and assorted materials; pay subvention grant for 7,000 learners in 100 special schools; construct 2 vocational workshops, two classrooms, 2 dormitories at Wakiso school for the Deaf. Guidance and Counseling: Under this program, the Ministry plans to conduct school based career talks on psychosocial issues in 60 Post Primary Education Training institutions; procure 13,000 copies of Guidance and Counselling Information dissemination materials. Policy, planning and support services: The program will submit Cabinet memo on the need to review the Government White Paper on Education (1992); and prepare the Education Sector Strategic Plan (2020±2025); carry out pension validation for 2570 pensioners; fill 90% of Headship positions in Secondary Schools, BTVET and TIET Institutions. Education Service Commission: Plans to appoint and confirm personnel; regularize appointments; supervise and guide District Service Commissions. Uganda National Examinations Board: Plans to register 685,341 candidates for PLE, 343,419 candidates for UCE & 101,673 candidates for UACE and roll out Continuous assessment in a phased manner at all levels. Public Universities: In regard to Universities, the sector will mainly focus on capacity building, teaching, research and knowledge transfer partnerships as well as infrastructural development at all Public Universities.