Financial management and teacher absenteeism remain challenge
More children have enrolled in primary schools in Africa in the last decade than ever before according to UNESCO. In Uganda the introduction of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme in 1997 has led school enrolment to soar from 2 million pupils to 7.8 million.
According a new report, however, managing the achievements of free education for all is proving a challenge for many African governments.
The report by Transparency International (TI) Africa Education Watch Programme shows that the government’s perception that massive enrollment is a sign of the success of the UPE programme must be adjusted to take in the challenge of overcrowded classes, classrooms under trees, poor financial management, illegal fees, and lack of school inspections.
The report exposes corruption and abuse of power by teachers in schools who charge illegal fees, make students offer labour on teachers’ projects, sexual harassment, embezzlement and systematic teacher absenteeism.
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