Education Ministry Seeking Shs 36.6bn To Takeover Community,NGO Schools

Parliament has recommended the provision of Shs309.162Bn to the Ministry of Education for the implementation of Free Education at primary and secondary Education.

 This was one measure taken by Gov’t to address the exorbitant school fees being charged by schools in Uganda.

 The Cost drivers include; District Level Capitation/ monitoring and inspection- Shs8.5Bn, Instructional Materials for all schools-Shs73.2Bn, School based Capitation Cost-Shs100.9Bn.

The funds will also go towards; Support of Special Needs Education-Shs690Mn, School Welfare Grant like Feeding subsidy for teaching and non-teaching staff and Housing subsidy for teaching staff Shs65.7Bn, and Annual Continuous Professional Development for all teacher Shs60.1Bn.

The Ministry of Education also wants additional Shs30.2Bn to takeover 100 community and NGO founded secondary schools whose owners lack of funds to manage the schools, while there is also need for more Shs6.4Bn to grant aid 100 primary schools.

 Parliament’s Education Committee was informed that the Ministry received requests across the country to take over these schools and the cost of each school secondary is estimated at Shs300M, while Shs64m is required for each primary schools, thus the need for 36.3Bn. However, the funds aren’t available in the 2024/25 national budget for the Ministry.