Education commission attributes existence of ghost teachers to headteachers
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- 31 Mar 2022
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Recently, the commission started the validation process for teachers in post-primary institutions in the central region to clean up the payroll, establish the status of teachers and staffing gaps. This is meant to identify teachers who left the profession and those who returned after the COVID-19 school closure.
Rev. Prof. Dr. Samuel A. Lugoba, the Chairperson for Education Service Commission, says that the irregularities are pinned on headteachers given the fact that none of them can be done without their knowledge.
Rev. Prof. Dr. Lugoba adds that although they have been able to get reports from concerned persons, including teachers, parents, and students, they are planning means of obtaining concrete evidence before making final decisions on the matter.
Although the commission has not issued a formal report on the process, as they wait to traverse the entire country, some of the irregularities that were more prominent included the hiring of mercenaries as dully appointed teachers who refused to report on duty but rather subcontracted another person to teach.
Dr. Asuman Lukwago, the Secretary of Education Service Commission says that the commission found cases where some teachers brought in other teachers to fill their place as they conduct other business. He adds that their investigations show that some even went abroad but still earn a salary.
“Besides that, there are also several teachers on government payroll teaching at a given school but receive their salary from another. To the commission, this is also fishy and creates a false availability of staff in a school,” Dr. Lukwago said. He added that the commission is moving to establish how this could have happened and why such cases have not been communicated to the authorities to be sorted out.
Furthermore, there are circumstances where teachers on the payroll died several years ago but are still drawing salaries. Read More…
