Part I - Ministry Of Education and Sports

Box4.5. Interventions under taken by pre­ primary and primary to enhance quality
(i) Monitoring & support supervision;
(ii) Primary teacher development(PTCs) ;
(iii) Procurement of instructional materials;
(iv) Implementation of policies, laws, guidelines, plans and strategies ; and,
(v) Curriculum development and implementation.
(b) Progress and Main Achievements
Basing on the available resources, the sub sector endeavored to prioritize and implement a number of
interventions generated in a bid to enhance quality in preprimary and primary education. The
progress was recorded as follows;
(i) Monitoring and support Supervision
As one of the strategies to improve the quality of primary education, the sub sector facilitated internal
travels to carry out monitoring and support supervision in 60 pre ­ primary schools and976 primary
schools.Issues which were monitored included; UPE, ECD; status of primary schools; assessment of
community schools seeking grant aiding; girls’ education, sanitation and hygiene; School
Management Committees; delivery and usage of instructional materials; status of Laroo School of war
affected children; project coordination and management; Child friendly Basic education, WFP
Karamoja, and emergency construction of primary schools.
(ii) Primary teacher development
In order to develop the primary school teacher, the sub sector under took CPDs for 220,327 primary
teachers by CCTs; Conducted training in pedagogical leadership of 267 head teachers, 23 deputy
Principals­ outreach, and 78 CCTs; Conducted one performance review for 150 principals and their
deputies, and Conducted PTE practicum for 16,239 students
(iii) Procurement of instructional materials
The sub sector procured and delivered SNE instructional materials (1000 cartons of braille paper, 250
braille kits, 140 wheel chairs, and 300 sign language dictionaries) and procured sets of modules 1 & 2;
5000 and 16500 copies respectively for training Non formal education teachers.
Pre­qualification of P.5 ­ P.7 was delegated to NCDC and resources amounting to Ug.Sh.2.5 billion
were released and advanced.
Payment of 2 nd installment to supplies of P.3 and P.4 rolled over contracts was made;and,
Contracts have been signed with publishers for supply of Local language instructional materials for
P.2 and P.4
(iv) Implementation of Policies, laws, guidelines, plans and strategies
The sub sector under took formulation of policy guidelines on teenage pregnancies and to this effect;
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012
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