Education
Department of Education and Sports
The mandate of this Department is to; provide qualitative and free Universal Education to all learners in the District.
Vision: To have a literate society by 2040.
Posted Achievements of the sector:
· Improved the academic performances in the District over the years.
· Improved inspection performance in the recent years.
· Accelerated academic physical infrastructure in the District to ease learning over this period.
· Closed gap by employing substantive education inspectors and teachers respectively to improve inspections and learning in schools.
· The department has ably managed to pay teachers in time by correcting the previous payroll ghosts and abuse.
· From 2020 to date, the Department on the advice of the Ministry of Education and Sports, posted good results by registering no cases of COVID-19.
· Measures that aim at fighting the pandemic are in enforcement, and certificates of compliance were issued to schools which met the standard operating procedures (SOPs).
· The Department collaborated with development partners; UNICEF and World Vision-Kiboga to conduct COVID-19 Radio Programs whose aims were to promote psychosocial support to children, home learning, and behavioral change sensitizations.
· The Department appreciates the contributions of its Development Partners such as; UNICEF, World Vision-Kiboga, StiR Education, USAID—LARA to improve both education services as well as physical infrastructure of learners in schools
The Department ably planned and executed implementation of capital projects as tabulated below:
School |
Capital Project |
Cost/Amount |
Fund Source |
F/Y |
Status |
Kiboga DAS |
2classroom multipurpose Hall |
80,429,717/= |
SFG |
2018/2019 |
Completed, and commissioned |
Kyeyitabya P/S |
4classrooms |
147,975,491/= |
SFG |
2019/2020 |
Completed and in use |
Katoma Seed Secondary |
Classrooms, Hall, Labs, staff quarters |
2,138,728,950/= |
UGFIT |
2018/2019 |
Near complete |
Kasega RC |
5stance lined pit latrine |
20,384,644/= |
SFG |
2018/2019 |
Completed and in use |
Kyeyitabya P/S |
5stance lined pit latrine |
19,892,544/= |