First lady Janet Museveni’s Ministry of Education and Sports, through the Education Service Commission (ESC), has shortlisted over 3300 teachers (graudates – referred to as education officers – EO, and diploma holders or assistant education officers – AEO) as well as non-teaching staff like enrolled nurses, laboratory assistants, library assistants, stenographer secretaries and senior accountant assistants, for aptitude tests for government payroll jobs in seed secondary schools in Acholi and Lango regions.
The over 3300 shortlisted candidates are those who will be doing aptitude tests under Cluster 1, (Acholi and Lango Region), under the recruitment exercise for teachers and non-teaching staff for secondary seed schools under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program (UGIFT).
The shortlisted candidates responded to ESC Advert No. 4/2024 published on December 23, 2024 for the posts of teaching staff or teachers – Education Officer (EO), and Assistant Education Officer (AEO); as well as Non-teaching Staff (NTS): Senior Accountant Assistant (SAA), Enrolled Nurses, Stenographer Secretaries, Library Assistants and Laboratory Assistants.
“All Applicants under Cluster 1, (Acholi and Lango Region) will do the Aptitude Test from Monday the 12th May 2025 to Friday the 16th May 2025 starting at 8:00am. The Aptitude schedules showing UGIFT schools, names of applicants and Centre/venue for the test are attached,” noted Dr Asuman Lukwago, Permanent Secretary of the Education Service Commission.
The ESC is expected to release the list of successful applicants who will be shortlisted for oral interviews after those shortlisted have done their aptitude tests.
“It will also include names of applicants directly shortlisted for oral interviews for different subjects in different schools under Cluster 1 (Acholi and Lango Region) whose ratios did not require Aptitude Testing,” added Dr Lukwago.
“All Shortlisted applicants MUST appear for the Aptitude Tests as scheduled and must come along with National Identity Cards.”
He further made it clear that applicants whose names do not appear on the shortlist under Cluster 1 (Acholi and Lango Region) should consider themselves unsuccessful. He added that all services by the Education Service Commission are free of charge.
The list of the over 3300 includes candidates who applied to schools such as Amuru Seed SS in Amuru District, Arocha Seed SS in Apac District, Padibe East Seed SS IN Lamwo, Latanya Seed SS in Pader, and Railway Seed SS in Lira City.
Others include Awel Seed SS in Alebtong District, Etam Seed SS in Amolatar, Got Apwoya Seed SS in Nwoya District, Adeknino Seed SS in Dokolo District, Kole Seed SS in Kole District, Katomor Seed SS in Agago, and Labongo Layamo Seed SS in Kigtum.
The shortlist, which has 3,352 names according to a count done by The Pearl Times, included up to 2,115 graduate teachers or Education Officers, and 565 diploma teachers or assistant education officers.
The lists are below:
RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS FOR SEED SCHOOLS
You can see the names of over 3800 shortlisted for Bunyoro and Tooro seed schools’ payroll jobs as well as over 4300 Teachers and Non-Teaching Staff Shortlisted for Aptitude Tests for Government Payroll Jobs in Seed Schools in Elgon, and Karamoja regions Here and Here.
It should also be remembered that the Education Ministry is hiring about 500 new teachers and headteachers to fill vacant positions in several secondary schools across the country. (See Details Here).
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