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We do understand the stress schools are going through too, but a balance must be struck for the benefit of all

The Education Ministry has proposed a special term to enable the semi-candidates to cover the syllabus while other classes will study for only eight weeks

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 02 2021 Children in a nursery school before the Covid-19 pandemic. Homeschooling is now a preserve of a few privileged hildren in the country. PHOTO | FILE Summary Income and expenditure. Ms Manuela Mulondo, Early Childhood Enthusiast and Founder of The Cradle says, in terms of estimation a pre-school or kindergarten will cost a parent between Shs1m and Shs1.5million per term depending on the type of school they go to. However for most day schools and pre-care centres, about 95 per cent of income goes into expenditures. In terms of profit margin, it leaves you ...

  As schools reopen for sub-candidate classes today, many teachers will not return to classrooms due to low salaries and poor working conditions worsened by the one-year closure due to the COVID-19 lockdown. This comes as semi-candidates are set to return to school today. Many of the non-returning teachers mainly in private schools, faced with no payment and other challenges of the lockdown, ventured into alternative income-generating projects. However, others in government-aided schools, despite having been receiving their monthly salaries, have also abandoned teaching after discovering bet...

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 02 2021 Teenage mothers with their babies in Teobia Village, Kole District, on November 16 last year. Thousands of school girls across the country will not return to school after getting pregnant or married during the Covid-19 lockdown. PHOTO | FILE Summary Policy gaps. Child rights activists said Uganda has a vast number of laws, policies and programmes and if put in practice, they would effectively end child marriage. Mr Gerald Baale, the Kamwenge senior probation and social welfare officer, noted that despite the many laws and policies in place, the country con...