Department of Education and Sports

The mandate of this Department is to; provide qualitative and free Universal Education to all learners in the District.

Vision: To have a literate society by 2040.

Posted Achievements of the sector:

·        Improved the academic performances in the District over the years.

·        Improved inspection performance in the recent years.

·        Accelerated academic physical infrastructure in the District to ease learning over this period.

·        Closed gap by employing substantive education inspectors and teachers respectively to improve inspections and learning in schools.

·        The department has ably managed to pay teachers in time by correcting the previous payroll ghosts and abuse.

·        From 2020 to date, the Department on the advice of the Ministry of Education and Sports, posted good results by registering no cases of COVID-19.

·        Measures that aim at fighting the pandemic are in enforcement, and certificates of compliance were issued to schools which met the standard operating procedures (SOPs).

·        The Department collaborated with development partners; UNICEF and World Vision-Kiboga to conduct COVID-19 Radio Programs whose aims were to promote psychosocial support to children, home learning, and behavioral change sensitizations.

·        The Department appreciates the contributions of its Development Partners such as; UNICEF, World Vision-Kiboga, StiR Education, USAID—LARA to improve both education services as well as physical infrastructure of learners in schools

The Department ably planned and executed implementation of capital projects as tabulated below:

The multi-billion infrastructure of Katoma Seed Secondary School, 2020/2021.

           Newly constructed classroom block at Kyeyitabya P/S (Left) and Teachers quarters at Katoma SS