“Public officers are being branded thieves and publicly humiliated in front of their own learners and communities long before any legal inquiry or conviction takes place,” Baguma said. The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has criticised Minister for Local Government Balaam Barugahara over the arrest and public grilling of headteachers and education officials during his […]
Over one month now, since the beginning of third term, the arts teachers boycotted classes with demands that the government fulfills its commitment to pay them salaries commensurate with the work they do as it did with their science subjects’ counterparts. Arts subjects teachers who put down tools over empty government pay rise promises have […]
The Uganda National Teachers Association (UNATU) has distanced itself from the purported industrial action reportedly set to take place as the first term opens due to concerns over low pay. Over the weekend, a circulating flyer suggested that UNATU had declared a nationwide strike, asserting that teachers would not be attending school as the term commenced. […]