Uganda has joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Teachers Day. With the development, the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) has made a couple of demands to the government. Mr Filbert Baguma, the Secretary-General of the Union says they work too much for little pay making them undervalued. He said this has led to an enormous increase in ...
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Filbert Baguma, the UNATU Secretary-General, has said they have finally decided to call off the strike. He says this is for the interest of the students that have already missed so much because of the strike. Baguma said this briefly after meeting Museveni yesterday along with other members of UNATU. “We realized that for the interest of learners and the ...
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The Secretary-General of UNATU Filbert Baguma was questioned during an interview on NBS TV about whether they feel remorseful towards Ugandan children for not getting services from them. Filbert said that they actually do feel sorry that these children are not learning. However, because they care doesn’t mean they should let the wrong slide off. Baguma further added that they ...
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The Government spokesperson Mr Ofwono Opondo has become the latest government official to attack the striking teachers especially those teaching arts. Opondo while appearing on the NBS Frontline said that these are only striking because of ‘nugu’ (jealousy). It should be recalled that government a while ago increased the salaries of science teachers by over 300% than their arts counterparts. ...
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Richard Mwebaze, the Chief Legal Officer of UNATU, has said the salary segregation has brought a separation between arts and science teachers. Apparently, in some schools, science teachers and arts teachers now sit separately. The root cause of this, he says is the government that decided to uphold one group above the other. He said this while on a late-night ...
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