Absorbing eligible pupils
Friday, May 02, 2025 | 40 Views |
If somehow the participation of government in the provision of reception classes has resulted in the emasculation of the private sector, this outcome was accidental rather than planned .It was an attempt predicated upon a desire to cater for the poor children whose parents could not afford paying school fees at private schools.
The idea of having government sponsored reception classes was a bold and ambitious development considering the challenge of resource constraints, which plagued public schools. Already public schools from primary to secondary schools were battling with clearing a backlog of classrooms and provision of adequate of critical teaching and learning inputs. To compound the situation, there was no budget provision to replicate the private sector’s model of establishing stand-alone kindergarten schools.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...