{{As Ugandan schools opened for their third term, Monday was characterised by padlocks on classroom doors and general inactivity as teachers and learners spent hours doing nothing.}}
Most schools, majority implementing the government’s universal education, while showing a façade of normalcy in the morning, did not have business as usual as the day progressed; students sat in half-empty classrooms while many others were sent home by frustrated head teachers.
Meanwhile, the opposition party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) yesterday warned that the government’s failure to implement the 20 per cent salary increment it agreed with teachers last year will undermine confidence in democratic governance and institutions in the country.
It emerged last evening that teachers refused to meet President Museveni after they were instructed to select only four members for the meeting.
“It is despicable and unacceptable for the government to renege on its contractual obligations with its employees and this will definitely affect output and undermine the confidence of Ugandans in the institution of government,”FDC spokesperson said.
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