EDUCATION

Education Department

The Education Sector is one of the sectors prioritized under the second National Development Plan as key to the transformation of the country. The district education department has the mandate of providing technical and professional guidance in the management of Education, Sports policies, plans and programmes in the District.

Mandate

Education department is responsible for the provision of quality, accessible, equitable and inclusive education. The sector has three substantive officers, the senior Inspector of schools, the senior education officer and the driver. There are two office spaces accommodating the DEO and DIS.

Besides the primary sub-sector, the District has seven Government aided Secondary schools namely Aluka SS, Zeu SS, Warr Girls SS, St. Aloysius College Nyapea, Pakadha Seed AND Jangokoro Seed SS. The sector also has two tertiary institutions namely Paidha Teachers’ College and Ora Technical Institute. The sector has inadequate staff at the district headquarter, Inadequate office space and Local revenue allocation. The teachers and pupils absenteeism is still a challenge and poor attitudes of parents towards the education of their children. There are cases of child marriages and defilement which are not reported to the relevant authority for appropriate actions. The Secondary Sub- Sector is not fully decentralised and this poses a big challenge in implementing their programmes by the district leadership

Financing and Key Partners: The Department primarily relies on Funds from the Central Government; it receives Inspection Grants and UPE Capitation Grants from the centre quarterly to meet the operational needs and SFG/ PRDP for its development projects. The department also receives Conditional grant for Teachers’ Salaries in all levels i.e. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Non-state actors like UNICEF and CEFROD have also contributed significantly to financing of the Department.

Pre-Primary Education:

The District has 34 ECD centres with a total enrolment of 3,780 learners out of the estimated 5,200 giving an average of 111 learners per ECD centre. There are 78 caregivers giving an ECD centre-caregiver ratio of 1:2 and caregiver-learner ratio of 1:48. Out of the 34 ECD centres, only 01 centre is licensed and registered while only 20 have functional Centre Management Committees posing management issues which affect quality of Early Childhood Development.

The situation in Zombo District does not therefore provide for all ECD age going children, contrary to Article 30 of the 1995 Constitution of Republic of Uganda and Article 26 of Core International Human Rights Treaties which stipulate rights of all persons to education.

All the 34 ECD centres have infant feeding programmes but none have energy friendly technologies like energy saving cooking stoves, bio gas latrines and woodlots among others.

The District has 44 parishes and by Education policy each parish is supposed to have at least an ECD centre hence presenting opportunity for establishment of ECD centres and caregiver training institutions by the private sector and government institutions like Kyambogo University.

The sector to ensure follow-ups of the Centres for proper registration and streamlining the learning processes, formation and training of Centre Management Committees.

Another aspect of pre-primary education is that all are privately owned and are located in urban/semi-urban Sub-counties/Trading Centres like Paidha Town Council, Nyapea RGC, Warr RGC, Zeu RGC and Alangi RGC. The gap between urban and rural children, the children of economically able parents and parents with low income has consequently widened due to accessibility and affordability of ECD Centres.

Primary Education:

Since the advent of UPE in 1997, the overall enrolment has been on the increase and this scenario has led to increased pressure on education service delivery inputs like classrooms, instructional materials, teachers, staff houses, etc. This has affected quality of learning grossly all over Uganda and it is more adverse for Zombo District that has the inputs in inadequacies. The table below shows the indicators for primary education service delivery and related parameters for further analysis and formulation of the DDP II.

The indicators for primary education service delivery and related parameters.

Indicator	Value	Data Source
*Primary Education*
No. of primary schools in the District	117 (25 Private and 92 Government aided)	EMIS
Total population of children aged 6-13 years	More than 80,000	Estimate
No. of pupils enrolled in primary schools	63,590 (Female 30,068 & Male 33,522)	EMIS
% of boys to girls in primary education	52.7% Boys and 47.3% Girls	EMIS
Pupils completion rates	Boys 47% and Girls 27% and the Overall District completion rate is 37%	EMIS
Pupils survival rate	37 %
Pupils dropout rate	37 %
No. of orphans enrolled in schools	7,764 (3823 Females & 3941 Males)	EMIS
No. of SNE learners enrolled	1,723 (821 Females & 902 Males)	EMIS
No. of government aided primary schools (UPE)	92	EMIS
No. of permanent teachers houses	129
No. of private/community primary schools	25	EMIS
No. of VIP latrines stances	556
Pupil-class room ratio	1:97 for Government and 1: 43 for Private. Overall District is 1:89	EMIS
Pupil-teacher ratio	Government 1:67 Private 1:29 and overall District is 1:62	EMIS
Pupil-desk ratio
Pupil-text book ratio	1:6 against the National which is 1:3	EMIS
Pupil-pit latrine stance ration	Government 1:89 and Private is 1:67, overall is 1:87	EMIS
No. of pupils who passed PLE	DI 47,	2013 PLE Results
No. of pupils who sat PLE	1,967	Administrative Record
Existence of functional SMC
No. of permanent classrooms	500
No. of qualified primary teachers	978 (Male 708, & Female 269)	EMIS
No. of schools with access to safe water
PLE performance index	(Male 56% and Female 44%) District overall 53% i.e. 80^th in the Country	EMIS
Literacy and numeracy rates

Source: EMIS data, 2014

From the table above, of the estimated 80,000 primary school-age going children, only 63,590 have enrolled in school representing 79%, contrary to Article 30 of the 1995 Constitution of Republic of Uganda and Article 26 of Core International Human Rights Treaties which provides for rights of all persons to education. More effort has to be put to ensure that all school going age children are enrolled and it requires all actors ranging from parents, the community, CBOs and government actors to join hands and mobilise to promote education and help end poverty and illiteracy. Salient issues from the table include poor PLE performance index which is reported at 53% and pits the district at number 80 out of 111 districts in the country. This is alarming requires urgent attention in order to reverse the seemingly declining performance. The pupil /text book ratio is 1:6 against the national standard of 1:3 could have contributed to the poor performance of pupils. One other alarming statistic is the completion rate of pupils that is reported at 47% for boys and 27% for girls (37% overall). This means that the majority of the pupils do not complete primary school education and yet they are the next generation to drive the country (district) towards socio-economic transformation.

Distribution Of Schools By Location, Enrolment and Number of teachers

Sn.	EMIS No.	Name and Location			Enrolment			No of Teachers			SNE Enrolment			No. of Orphans
		School Name	Subcounty	Parish/ Ward	M	F	Tot	M	F	Tot	M	F	Tot	M	F	Tot
1	9772	Asina P/S	Abanga	Pamitu	695	538	1233	10	4	14	26	11	37	44	19	63
2	9771	Kasala P/S	Abanga	Pakadha	241	195	436	7	3	10	11	10	21	10	9	19
3	310061	Odarlembe P/S	Abanga	Pamitu	194	190	384	2	1	3	1	1	2	18	20	38
4	9773	Okeyo P/S	Abanga	Thanga	470	396	866	7	5	12	33	29	62	77	69	146
5	9769	Padea Olyeko	Abanga	Ser	439	352	791	11	2	13	2	3	5	77	92	169
6	9770	Pakadha P/S	Abanga	Pakadha	657	575	1232	15	2	17	47	25	72	62	41	103
7	9709	Adiadwol P/S	Atyak	Angol	449	409	858	7	2	9	5	8	13	130	109	239
8	880023	Angalarach NFE	Atyak	Anyola	78	70	148	1	1	2	8	1	9	2	1	3
9	9712	Anyola P/S	Atyak	Anyola	399	360	759	8	2	10	16	15	31	51	27	78
10	9710	Aringu P/S	Atyak	Anyola	425	417	842	8	3	11	3	4	7	115	70	185
11	9716	Atyak P/S	Atyak	Ogusi	636	576	1212	12	3	15	19	9	28	63	69	132
12	310024	Nyandima P/S	Atyak	Anyola	259	224	483	8	1	9	26	19	45	69	42	111
13	310062	Ogusi P/S	Atyak	Ogusi	125	117	242	5	1	6	10	4	14	31	34	65
14	9721	Owinyopielo P/S	Atyak	Pamach	313	204	517	8	1	9	12	7	19	33	21	54
15	9711	Uru P/S	Atyak	Anyola	120	129	249	3	1	4	7	3	10	8	14	22
16	310080	Ajigu COPE	Jangokoro	Jupadindo	231	136	367	1	1	2	4	0	4	9	13	1
17	9729	Alala P/S	Jangokoro	Patek	195	173	368	5	2	7	1	0	1	18	8	26
18	9722	Arago P/S	Jangokoro	Congambe	314	271	585	12	2	14	10	0	10	20	10	30
19	9724	Arikpa P/S	Jangokoro	Abaji	589	504	1093	14	2	16	30	21	51	56	38	94
20	9726	Awasi P/S	Jangokoro	Jupadindo	611	346	957	13	0	13	1	0	1	7	9	16
21	9728	Konga P/S	Jangokoro	Patek	561	371	932	10	2	12	4	4	8	110	61	171
22	310068	Lelo P/S	Jangokoro	Jupadindo	262	199	461	7	0	7	6	3	9	19	9	28
23	310067	Manzi P/S	Jangokoro	Congambe	285	199	484	6	1	7	5	1	6	18	11	29
24	9723	Mavura P/S	Jangokoro	Abaji	233	217	450	8	1	9	14	4	18	13	9	22
25	9730	Owenjo P/S	Jangokoro	Patek	413	403	816	13	2	15	5	3	8	28	26	54
26	9725	Padea P/S	Jangokoro	Jupadindo	543	426	969	17	1	18	4	1	5	40	32	72
27	9727	Songea P/S	Jangokoro	Patek	259	226	485	9	0	9	5	3	8	25	22	47
28	9743	Alube P/S	Kango	Paduba	230	198	428	7	2	9	2	0	2	59	51	110
29	9733	Angar P/S	Kango	Angar	340	269	609	8	0	8	30	30	60	41	36	77
30	310082	Angar Cope	Kango	Ambele	63	76	139	1	1	2	0	0	0	11	7	18
31	9734	Awusonzi P/S	Kango	Awusonzi	257	203	460	7	1	8	0	1	1	11	4	15
32	9735	Eleze P/S	Kango	Gamba	373	329	702	12	1	13	6	8	14	47	40	87
33	9737	Ezoo P/S	Kango	Oliri	454	489	943	8	2	10	33	33	66	61	57	118
34	9744	Gamba P/S	Kango	Pasai	301	262	563	7	3	10	6	5	11	32	29	61
35	9741	Kango P/S	Kango	Paduba	421	400	821	11	0	11	7	3	10	21	28	49
36	9740	Luku P/S	Kango	Paduba	242	196	438	6	2	8	2	2	4	26	25	51
37	9732	Lyanga P/S	Kango	Angar	301	237	538	7	3	10	6	6	12	38	23	61
38	9745	Mvuranyi P/S	Kango	Pasai	331	347	678	10	3	13	5	10	15	35	39	74
39	9736	Ngele P/S	Kango	Gamba	373	332	705	12	1	13	7	5	12	49	43	92
40	9742	Nyang P/S	Kango	Paduba	222	160	382	3	3	6	2	1	3	20	12	32
41	9738	Odoria P/S	Kango	Oliri	262	180	442	6	1	7	2	1	3	16	12	28
42	9739	Omua P/S	Kango	Omua	294	262	556	6	2	8	3	0	3	48	56	104
43	9731	Ozorise P/S	Kango	Angar	188	130	318	5	1	6	4	3	7	19	6	25
44	9746	Pasai P/S	Kango	Pasai	458	441	899	10	3	13	13	7	20	46	38	84
45	9755	Ajei P/S	Nyapea	Ombila	552	570	1122	16	3	19	9	2	11	66	41	107
46	9753	Guna P/S	Nyapea	oyeyo	420	421	841	12	3	15	0	0	0	38	41	79
47	9748	Mitapila P/S	Nyapea	Abeju	357	384	741	7	2	9	2	2	4	37	36	73
48	9751	Nyapea Boys P/S	Nyapea	oyeyo	632	0	632	10	3	13	2	0	2	45	0	45
49	9752	Nyapea Girls P/S	Nyapea	oyeyo	0	646	646	12	3	15	0	7	7	0	70	70
50	9757	Paley Yugu P/S	Nyapea	osoye	274	228	502	10	2	12	5	3	8	27	22	49
51	9750	Patek Ajja P/S	Nyapea	oyeyo	163	135	298	7	2	9	7	6	13	17	18	35
52	310085	Amei NFE	Paidha	Amei	150	179	329	1	1	2	3	0	3	24	18	42
53	9759	Jopomwocho P/S	Paidha	Cana	481	440	921	13	2	15	112	111	223	129	125	254
54	9762	Kaya P/S	Paidha	Kaya	430	437	867	15	5	20	20	15	35	48	41	89
55	9765	Otheko P/S	Paidha	Otheko	352	346	698	8	1	9	12	15	27	75	64	139
56	9758	Pagisi P/S	Paidha	Cana	301	259	560	8	2	10	23	38	61	92	72	164
57	880004	Uruku P/S	Paidha	Otheko	279	192	471	4	1	5	12	6	18	46	41	87
58	9763	Cana P/S	Paidha TC	Omua Wd.	351	323	674	6	6	12	4	4	8	25	39	64
59	9760	Mvugu Lower P/S	Paidha TC	Dwonga Wd.	543	510	1053	10	5	15	2	5	7	94	77	171
60	310032	Mvugu Upper P/S	Paidha TC	Dwonga Wd.	870	979	1849	10	7	17	85	151	236	100	132	232
61	310084	Mvule NFE	Paidha TC	Central Wd.	100	111	211	1	1	2	0	0	0	5	3	8
62	9764	Nguthe P/S	Paidha TC	Omua Wd.	606	401	1007	5	7	12	3	5	8	79	68	147
63	9767	Oturgang Boys P/S	Paidha TC	Oturgang Wd.	1613	0	1613	8	15	23	14	0	14	79	0	79
64	9766	Oturgang Girls P/S	Paidha TC	Oturgang Wd.	0	1436	1436	15	10	25	0	9	9	0	209	209
65	9761	Paidha Demon .P/S	Paidha TC	Dwonga Wd.	535	467	1002	8	8	16	16	12	28	57	61	118
66	9718	Agiermach P/S	Warr	Pakia	500	508	1008	9	6	15	20	14	34	56	53	109
67	9719	Gotcam P/S	Warr	Pakia	269	241	510	7	1	8	0	0	0	26	17	43
68	9714	Juloka P/S	Warr	Juloka	414	353	767	8	2	10	1	1	2	16	16	32
69	9713	Lwala P/S	Warr	Juloka	489	437	926	15	2	17	24	32	56	53	43	96
70	9720	Pei P/S	Warr	Pakia	246	225	471	9	2	11	6	4	10	25	18	43
71	9782	Thonga P/S	Warr	Pagei	220	192	412	4	3	7	4	0	4	27	24	51
72	9715	Ukemu P/S	Warr	Affere	276	258	534	11	3	14	5	1	6	28	35	63
73	310063	Warr Public P/S	Warr	Juloka	352	332	684	6	1	7	3	0	3	37	23	60
74	9775	Abanga Kubi P/S	Zeu	Abanga	266	268	534	9	1	10	3	0	3	24	27	51
75	9777	Adhingi P/S	Zeu	Jupamatho	457	346	803	10	1	11	8	3	11	43	27	70
76	9778	Adusi P/S	Zeu	Jupamatho	302	226	528	9	3	12	1	0	1	36	34	70
77	310003	Araa P/S	Zeu	Ayaka	97	83	180	6	1	7	1	2	3	3	8	11
78	9774	Arii P/S	Zeu	Abanga	172	133	305	8	2	10	3	2	5	22	18	40
79	9776	Ayaka P/S	Zeu	Ayaka	403	377	780	13	2	15	7	2	9	36	32	68
80	9781	Ndrinyi P/S	Zeu	Kigezi	163	179	342	7	1	8	6	5	11	15	8	23
81	9780	Ngume P/S	Zeu	Omoyo	407	300	707	8	2	10	5	1	6	104	85	189
82	310051	Ogalo P/S	Zeu	Lendu	221	198	419	4	2	6	5	2	7	20	13	33
83	9783	Pagei P/S	Zeu	Kigezi	333	300	633	8	2	10	28	27	55	31	21	52

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