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A meeting between Vice President Jessica Alupo and leaders of the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) ended without any conclusive deal for the striking secondary school arts and primary school teachers.
Vice President Maj (Rtd) Jessica Alupo has assured striking teachers that nobody will sack them for laying down their tools as some government officials have been threatening.
First lady and education minister Janet Kainembabazi Kataaha Museveni has told striking secondary school arts teachers that there are over 30,000 teachers who are ready to take up their jobs once government fires those engaged in the ongoing industrial action.
With just a day left to the start of a new financial year (FY2022-2023), President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government, secondary school arts teachers have continued to stand their ground regarding their demand for salary increment in the same manner that pay for their science counterparts was raised.
Uganda’s national army, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), has spoken out on reports that its officers have gone three months without getting their salaries.
A proposal that the available funds meant for the increment of salaries for secondary school teachers starting July 2022 be redistributed so that both science and arts teachers have their pay enhanced would create a situation where each gets an insignificant raise.
Vice President Jessica Alupo has invited leaders of the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) for a meeting aimed at convincing secondary school arts and primary school teachers to end their strike and return to class.
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government has bowed to pressure and invited striking secondary school arts and primary school teachers under the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) for talks on resolving the ongoing industrial action.
Uganda’s Public Ministry seems to be making a U-turn on orders to fire all striking secondary school arts teachers and their primary school counterparts.