Budget Allocation Fails To Address Appalling Schools Infrastructure

Speaking at a BOSETU national budget review recently Radikolo observed that the budget allocation for the education sector was not crafted to deal with deep running and glaring challenges such as unavailability of textbooks in schools, state of disrepair of facilities, dysfunctional equipment, just to mention a few.

Radikolo also observed that while the Ministry of Basic Education had reported during the ministry’s budget presentation last year that it had employed 1,823 temporary teachers for expanded schools and to relieve teachers who are away on study or maternity leave as well as those on light duty due to ill health, the 2021-2022 budget does not seem to cater for staffing needs of expanded schools.