The Speaker, Anita Among has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to current a standing replace on the fee of salaries to part-time lecturers at Kyambogo University.
The Speaker’s directive follows considerations by Soroti West Division Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Jonathan Ebwalu who mentioned the unpaid part-time lecturers have resorted to withholding tutorial outcomes of scholars based mostly on the Soroti Study Centre of the college.
“The college has held outcomes of over 500 college students within the college as a result of the lecturers haven’t been paid. The Minister for Education and Sports ought to carry a press release to Parliament on why the outcomes of those college students have been held to date,” Ebwalu mentioned.
While elevating the priority throughout a plenary sitting held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, Ebwalu additionally tabled a listing of the scholars affected by the withholding of outcomes.
The matter was initially raised by Workers MP, Hon. Margaret Rwabushaija on Tuesday, 17 September 2024. She known as for the creation of an ad-hoc Committee of Parliament to analyze the non-payment of part-time educating workers at Kyambogo University.
Rwabushaija advised the House sitting on the time, that the college had a deficit of Shs6 billion in wage arrears.
The State Minister for Education and Sports (Primary Education), Hon. Joyce Moriku, made assurances to the House that the matter is being resolved via Cabinet.
“When this matter was raised, my ministry [of Education] met with the Vice-Chancellor of Kyambogo University, the Ministry of Finance and the opposite related authorities. I undertake to get to the foundation reason for this, clear up it and produce suggestions to Parliament,” Moriku mentioned.
In a associated improvement, the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) is reviewing the proposed new A-Level curriculum, in preparation for the primary cohort anticipated to progress to senior 5 in 2025.
According to Moriku, the primary cohort of learners underneath the brand new decrease secondary competency-based and learner-centred curriculum, are presently sitting their finish of senior 4 examinations.
“The Ministry has made preparations to mitigate the gaps within the A-Level curriculum, by aligning it to the decrease secondary curriculum. This present cohort will likely be oriented towards the competency-based curriculum on becoming a member of senior 5,” the Minister mentioned.
She added that the Uganda National Examinations Board has skilled 15 lecturers from every authorities and personal college, who will assess college students based mostly on classroom work and tasks, with emphasis on generic and sensible abilities.
“The Ministry of Education and Sports plans to constantly develop abilities of lecturers via teacher-support and on-line coaching. Training will equip lecturers with abilities in growing low-cost non-textbook materials to help them in successfully managing the teaching-learning course of,” Moriku mentioned.
