Teachers of various
government-aided schools across the country on Monday boycotted classes
following calls for protest by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU).
Monday ushered in the start of the third term of the annual school calendar but most students remained unattended to in class, the striking teachers are demanding a 20% pay rise.
However some schools defied the call by UNATU and went ahead to conduct classes, while in other schools, teachers showed up but no lessons were conducted.
In some schools that were visited Monday morning, at least half of the teachers were present; some teachers reported but kept themselves in the staff rooms instead of inside classrooms.
However students wondered why they were not communicated to about the planned closure of the school s yet “they were told to report for third term today”.
Monday ushered in the start of the third term of the annual school calendar but most students remained unattended to in class, the striking teachers are demanding a 20% pay rise.
However some schools defied the call by UNATU and went ahead to conduct classes, while in other schools, teachers showed up but no lessons were conducted.
In some schools that were visited Monday morning, at least half of the teachers were present; some teachers reported but kept themselves in the staff rooms instead of inside classrooms.
However students wondered why they were not communicated to about the planned closure of the school s yet “they were told to report for third term today”.
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