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MANIFESTO WEEK: Monthly Salary Of Primary Teachers Improves

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The monthly salary of a Primary School Teacher has improved by UGX 119,684/- from UGX 380,000/- in 2016 to UGX 499,684/- as of May 2020, according to the Ministry of Education.

In addition to an increase in the teacher salary, the ministry recruited a total of  8,300new additional teachers for Secondary Schools in FY2018/19 and FY2019/20. 2)There is ongoing recruitment of 2,000 teachers already advertised by the Education Service Commission in FY2019/20, and promoted 1,200 teachers who had upgraded from Diploma to Graduate qualifications.

This information is contained in a report on the implementation of the manifesto for the past five years.

According to the same report, all Curriculum for Oil and Gas course modules are now internationally accredited to ensure that the learners who come out of our institutions meet minimum international standards.

Curricula have now all become competence-based; implying that 70% of the learner’s time is  focused on acquisition of practical skills required in the world-of-work.

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