90% UPE pupils can’t read - report
Pupils of Kakindo Primary School in Kibaale District study from an uncompleted structure recently. The 2012 Annual Learning Assessment report by Uwezo shows that education standards in the region are declining. Photo by Francis Mugerwa.
By PATIENCE AHIMBISIBWE
Posted Friday, December 13 2013 at 02:00
Posted Friday, December 13 2013 at 02:00
IN SUMMARY
Uwezo’s 2012 Annual Learning Assessment report pokes holes into Uganda’s education system and laysbare its weaknesses.
At
numeracy level, one out of 10 children in P3 were able to correctly
solve Primary Two numeracy questions up to division level. Even by
Primary Seven, one out of 10 children were still not able to do Primary
Two level numeracy.
The
assessment was also done in local languages. For instance, 90 per cent
of children in P3 could read and understand a P2 local language story
while at P7 the report notes some improvement at 60 per cent.
The
report recommends that everyone gets involved in the education of
tomorrow’s leaders. They ask parents to read to their children, review
homework with them, talk to teachers, volunteer to help at school, make a
follow up on the resources, ask school committee, speak up and hold leaders accountable.
Report from government
Ghosts: A recent review of UPE by the Officeof the Auditor General, which is being considered by PAC,
confirmed fears that the government continues to lose billions of
shillings to ghost pupils and teachers through a programme which appears
not to be returningvalue for money.
Money losses: Between
June last year and March, the auditor general conducted a
value-for-money audit into UPE and discovered that thousands of
registered pupils were missing examinations yet government paid for
their registration (PLE fees).
Dropouts: From 2006 to 2009, 97,417 pupils missed PLE exams, resulting in a loss of more than Shs974 million. It is estimated that the government annually loses about Shs20b to pay salaries for ghost teachers, a revelation which partly explains the poor performance in public schools.
Dropouts: From 2006 to 2009, 97,417 pupils missed PLE exams, resulting in a loss of more than Shs974 million. It is estimated that the government annually loses about Shs20b to pay salaries for ghost teachers, a revelation which partly explains the poor performance in public schools.
pahimbisibwe@ug.nationmedia.com
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