

4 February 2025, 7:20 am
By James Muhumuza
Concerned parents are urging the government to take action and ensure that teachers fulfil their responsibilities to prevent disruptions to the academic calendar.
Schools across Kagadi District recorded a moderate learner turnout as the first academic term of 2025 officially commenced yesterday.
Both government-aided and private schools reported a higher number of primary school learners attending compared to secondary schools, according to a mini-survey conducted by KKCR FM News Reporters.
Our reporters visited several secondary schools, including Kagadi SS, Fountain of Hope SS, Bunyoro SS, Buyaga Parents SS, Kagadi Peoples SS, Itambiro Modern SS, Mother Mary High School SS, St. Adolf SS-Muhorro, Kitegwa Community SS, Kagadi Academy SS, Salaam High School SS, Pachwa Modern SS, and Mabaale SS.
In most schools, teacher attendance stood at 100%.
However, headteachers reported that many learners arrived without full tuition fees or essential welfare provisions, a recurring challenge at the start of the term.
For the primary sector, our reporters covered schools such as Kagadi Model PS, Kagadi Central PS, Bishop Rwakaikara PS, Crane Model PS Ruteete, Brilliant Model-Mukentomi, Salaam Education Centre, Kagadi Day and Boarding Town PS, Kagadi Parents PS, Sacred Heart of Jesus PS Ruteete, Ruteete PS, Good Times PS, and Mambugu Road PS.
Other schools visited included Excel Infant Pachwa, Pride Missed Nursery and Primary, Kahuniro PS, King of Kings Nursery and PS, Pachwa Model, Mukumbwa Infants, Excel Model PS, BTCM PS, Holy Spirit PS, and Precious Moments PS.
Headteachers commended parents for sending their children to school and urged them to provide the necessary requirements to support their children’s education.
Meanwhile, in Kinyarugonjo Sub-county, Kagadi District, Mutunguru Parents Primary School, a government-aided primary school, failed to register a single teacher on the first day of Term One.
This left pupils stranded, forcing the school to send them home.
According to the school management chairperson, Richard Kataratambi, the few learners who turned up were dismissed due to the absence of teachers.
The headteacher, Deogratious Kasangaki, arrived at 11 a.m. and explained that he had been out purchasing school supplies.
He further stated that some teachers had failed to report as they were busy taking their own children to school.
Despite this setback, Kasangaki expressed optimism that teachers would resume work today, 4th February 2025.
Authorities have yet to comment on the matter.