For the arts teachers who expected their salary enhancements to be addressed this year they have to wait a little longer.However questions continue to arise whether the teacher will positively respond to the government demand of resuming work.
The meeting which was conducted between teacher's and president resolved their salary increment to be effected next financial year in July.
If you're teaching humanities then you must be human enough
Following the arts teachers demonstration entering in the third week, state minister for public service Marry Mugasa has issued strong warning against teachers who are teaching humanities. “If your teaching humanities then you must be human enough “says the minister.
As the arts teachers demonstration approaches a second week,workers' representatives are not impressed with the casual response to their plight. Workers Mp Agnes Kunihira Abwooli says as a constituency which advocates for workers rights they remain concerned on the way this matter has been handled in a sarcastic way.
The arts government teachers have vowed not to call off their demonstration despite threats from the RDC to resume work. The demonstration kicked off on the 6th of this month where over 10,000 arts teacher have laid down their tools demanding government to increase their salary enhancements country wide.
The teachers under their umbrella organization Uganda professional humanities teachers union are demanding government to increase salaries for different teacher’s salary structures. The diploma teachers be increased from 600,000 to 2.2 million shillings while degree holders should be increased from 800,000 to 4M.These also demand the salaries of head teachers to be increased from 2.2 million shillings to 6 million shillings.
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