The Ministry of Education and Sports needs Ugx 97.6 billion to reopen of all schools and other education institutions across the country.
A proposal developed by the department of Education Planning and Policy Analysis (EPPA) in the ministry, the money would be needs to implement SOPs in schools
EPPA noted that the ministry would spend Ugx 1.67b in the event that SOPs are implemented in schools only for candidate classes as the rest stay at home.
In the event that government reopens schools for only candidate classes, the rest of the Ugx 95billion needed would be spent on developing and distributing self-study materials for the non-candidate pupils and students.
It would also be used to buy and distribute radio and TV sets to all households in the country.
According to the Ministry of Education taskforce headed by Mr Ismail Mulindwa, the director of education, Ugx 97.6bn can’t be given to the Ministry because of the current economic situation caused by the global pandemic.
Last month, President Museveni said a final decision on reopening of schools would be made in September with the hope that the country scientists would have created a COVID-19 vaccine thereby mitigating many of the concerns about infection from the disease.