Over 100 community activists, students, teachers, journalists and local
politicians appealed to the government of Uganda to increase financial support
to the education sector to enable it provide quality graduates who can be self
employed so as to reduce the problem of unemployment in the country.
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| Participants at the public dialogue in Fort Portal |
According to the participants of the public dialogue, the financing
should focus on enhanced teacher’s remuneration, education sector monitoring
and supervision, construction of better classrooms, recruitment of more well
qualified teachers, setting up of more well equipped science laboratories and
strengthening collaboration between the private sector and the training
institutions to enable students do fruitful internship to gain the much needed
employable skills.
In addition, during the one day public dialogue held on Tuesday, June 6th
2017 at Conerstone Hotel – Fort Portal, Uganda, the participants also advocated
for the complete overhaul of the whole education curriculum to enable it focus
more on creativity, critical thinking, sustaining and building networks,
communication skills and skills and knowledge to use the 21st
century technology like internet and computers.
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| One of the students at the dialogue actively participating in the debate |
This idea of transforming Uganda’s education sector was 1st
conceptualized when one of IRD – U staff (Solomon Akugizibwe) participated in a
training supported by Master Making Tomorrow (MM2M) – Netherlands aimed sat
transforming Uganda’s education sector. The training was held in Mutolere,
Kisoro District – South Western Uganda in early this year and attracted over
six schools.
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| IRD - U staff [Solomon Akugizibwe following the debate] |
The one day public dialogue was organized by Initiative for Rural
Development – Uganda (IRD – U) in partnership with Association of Human Rights
Organizations (AHURIO) and with support from Fredrick Ebert Stiftung.
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