Government’s commitment to expanding access to affordable and quality secondary education is being undermined by accountability and service delivery gaps at Ikiki Senior Secondary School in Budaka District.
Ikiki SSS is part of the Universal Secondary Education (USE) programme, under which Government deploys and pays teachers, provides capitation grants for school operations and regulates education standards. The policy seeks to reduce financial barriers and ensure equitable access to secondary education, particularly for vulnerable learners.
During a service delivery and accountability visit, the Minister of State for Local Government, Hon. Justine Nameere Nsubuga, was informed that the school receives Shs68.8 million every term to support its operations. However, parents and students questioned how the money was being utilised, given the condition of the school. They also reported being charged Shs40,000 in school fees and Shs10,000 for examinations, raising concerns about additional charges reportedly not authorised by the Ministry of Education and Sports.
District Education Officer Budaka District put on the spot over glaring service delivery gaps, despite the district receiving Shs10 million for monitoring, raising questions about whether effective supervision is actually taking place
The CAO put on the spot after it emerged that he was unaware that a number of teachers on the government payroll were not reporting for duty to teach.
Some Absentee teachers present being taken into custody