Kagadi teachers struggle with new curriculum implementation
Additionally, the teachers advocate for the reinstatement of the directorate of industrial training exams at the lower secondary level to promote hands-on skills.
Kagadi: School heads and teachers in Kagadi district are calling on the government to provide comprehensive training for all educators on the new lower secondary curriculum.
They argue that the training they received prior to implementation was inadequate, hindering effective implementation.
Despite the commencement of implementation of the revised lower secondary school curriculum, school heads and teachers in Kagadi say they need refresher training to address the challenges they are facing in educating learners under the new arrangement.
Resty Namubiru, a teacher at Kagadi Secondary School, says she received training for only one and a half days, but little did she understand how to implement the curriculum, urging the government to consider retraining teachers.
The educators also highlight a shortage of essential resources, including classrooms, computers, and internet access, which further hampers their ability to teach the new curriculum.
Ramadhan Nyondo Barongo, school head at Kagadi Secondary School, says with increasing students’ enrollment, there is a critical need for additional staff to take care of the increasing numbers in government schools.
Ibrahim Kajubi, a teacher at Naigana Secondary School, says the revised curriculum requires the use of hands-on skills, but the requirements are not available, adding that the school lacks tailoring machines and computers, among others.
Dr. KedriceTuryagyenda, the team lead of the education policy review commission, currently in Bunyoro to gather feedback for the new education policy, has acknowledged the concerns raised by teachers.
Additionally, the teachers advocate for the reinstatement of the directorate of industrial training exams at the lower secondary level to promote hands-on skills, which was scrapped by the government, saying many schools are finding hardships encouraging students to study vocational lessons that they know will not be examined yet are very essential.
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