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Articles from Uganda

  1. Standards and working conditions 10 July 2007

    Uganda: UNATU react to claims of teachers rejecting posts

    In June, the Monitor newspaper reported that some 2,000 teachers had turned down government job offers in Uganda. The article echoes the surprise of the Ministry of Education on the apparent rejection of these posts. EI affiliate the Ugandan National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has since reacted to these misleading statements.

    Uganda: UNATU react to claims of teachers rejecting posts
  2. Standards and working conditions 11 April 2006

    Uganda: Journalist recounts tale about the everyday life of teachers

    EI recently commisioned an article by Ugandan journalist about the everyday life of local teachers. To give the world an insight into the hardships and challenges faced by teachers in the impoverished country, Harriette Athieno Onyalla met with several of them, who told her of the hopes and disappointments they...

    Uganda: Journalist recounts tale about the everyday life of teachers
  3. Standards and working conditions 17 January 2006

    From Dreams to Destitution – the Price of Teaching in Uganda, by Harriette Athieno Onyalla

    Parched lips betray their sweet smiles. The three pale boys in tattered blue shorts and shirts, shove their little hands forward, eager for a handshake. Their innocent eyes glow with inquisitiveness. But the youngest boy will not move near the car just entered their compound. He is probably 5 years...

    From Dreams to Destitution – the Price of Teaching in Uganda, by Harriette Athieno Onyalla