Part I - Ministry Of Education and Sports

(ix) Participating in the MTN marathon by 537 MoES headquarters’ staff;
(x) Sports for Life in Karamoja (SLIK) project continued to create awareness and build capacity of
teachers in the Karamoja sub­region;
(xi) Initiated processes for development and rehabilitation of Sports facilities; and,
(xii) Contributingquarterly subventions to National Council of Sports (NCS), a semi­autonomous bod.
4.5.4 HIV and AIDS
In order to increase awareness and prevention in the sub­sector in FY 2011/12 the HIV/AIDS Unit
achieved the following:­
(i) Conducted three (3) HIV/AIDS Technical Working Group Meetings for HIV/AIDS Focal Point
Officers that play a strategic role in addressing HIV and AIDS at department level;
(ii) Distributed 200 copies of the Education and Sports Sector HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategic Plan to
eight districts;
(iii) With support from UNICEF, conducted condom Education at Nkozi University, Makerere
University and Nkumba University;
(iv) Developed Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators to be integrated in the Education
Management Information System (EMIS); and,
(v) SPEAR, in collaboration with Ministry of Education and Sports, continued to provide support to
the roll out of Education Sector HIV and AIDS Workplace Policy.
4.5.5 Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
During the period under review 9 out of the 11 schools in the Karamoja region were supplied with
television sets, decoders and educational content by Multichoice to help improve their teaching and
learning processes.
4.5.6 Gender in Education
In the Gender unit, the following were achieved:­
(i) Disseminated Gender in Education Policy;
(ii) Conducted training in Gender mainstreaming;
(iii) Strengthened Institutional Capacity;
(iv) Promoted Girls’ Education;
(v) Affirmative actionstaken: Provided bursary scheme for needy students especially girls andbuilt
Female Managerial Capacity in Education; and,
(vi) Implemented gender based training in various Universities.
4.5.7 Environmental Education
During the period under review, the subsector in liaison with National Forestry Authority (NFA),
developed and disseminated guidelines to education stakeholders on how to implement Environmental
Management in Education Institutions.
4.5.8 Teacher and Instructor Education and Training
During the period under review the subsector:­
(i) Enrolled 16,239 pre­service and 2,000 in­service PTE students in PTCs,2,000 Non­Formal
education students, 4,000 Secondary Teacher Education students in NTCs, 360 Technical
Instructors in Instructors Colleges and 80 students in Mulago Health Tutors College;
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012
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