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Ikigo cy’ishuri rya Saint Elisabeth Nkoowe. Ifoto: wazoplus.com
Umwaka urashize Icyorezo cya COVID-19 kigeze muri Uganda, kuko umurwayi wa <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247991/#:~:text=Uganda%20reported%20its%20first%20case,days%20prior%20to%20his%20return.">mbere wa Covid-19</a> yagaragaye bwa mbere ku butaka bwa Uganda ku wa 21 Werurwe 2020 nyuma y’amezi agera kuri atanu umurwayi wa mbere agaragaye mu mujyi wa Wuhan mu Bushinwa mu mpera z’umwaka wa 2019. Uku kwambukiranya imipaka kw’iyi ndwara byatumye Ishami ry’umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku buzima (World Health Organization/WHO) iyishyira mu kiciro cy’ibyorezo ndengamipaka (pandemic) ku wa 11 Werurwe 2020.
Muri Uganda kimwe n’ahandi henshi ku isi, iki cyorezo cyangije byinshi kuko cyatwaye ubuzima bw’abantu, ariko ku rundi ruhande cyakomeje guhungabanya ubukungu bw’igihugu n’imibereho ya buri munsi y'abaturage ba Uganda mu nzego zose by’umwihariko abakora mu rwego rw’uburezi.
Muri gahunda zo guhangana n’iki cyorezo n’ingaruka zacyo, ibihugu byari bifite amahitamo abiri: guhitamo guha agaciro ibikorwa byo kubungabunga ubuzima no kwirinda ikwirakwira ry’icyo cyorezo ku ruhande rumwe naho ku rundi ruhande habaho guhitamo gukomeza ibikorwa byubaka ubukungu imbere mu gihugu, ariko bikaba byabangamira ibikorwa byo kwirinda icyo cyorezo.
Guverinoma ya Uganda yahisemo kwemera gufata ingamba zo kwirinda ikwirakwira ry’icyorezo, n’ubwo yari izi ko ibyo bikorwa bizakoma mu nkokora ubukungu bw'igihugu, cyane cyane ubukungu bwite bw'abaturage.
Ni muri urwo rwego yafashe icyemezo cyo guhagarika ibikorwa bimwe na bimwe by'ubukungu, cyangwa bigakorwa hagendewe ku mabwiriza arebana no kwirinda ikwirakwira ry’icyorezo cya COVID-19, hatitawe ko nyiri igikorwa yunguka cyangwa ahomba. Iki cyemezo cyahungabanyije ubukungu bwa benshi ariko cyane cyane abakora mu burezi.
Mu kiganiro Wazoplus.com yagiranye n'umuyobozi w'umuryango utegamiye kuri Leta witwa “<a href="http://www.lemanfoundation.org/">Leman Foundation</a>”, ugamije guteza imbere uburezi no guha amahirwe angana abantu bose mu guhabwa uburezi bw'ibanze, bwana Ssentubiro Billy Alex, avuga ko abarimu bo mu mashuri yigenga (private schools) ari bamwe mu baturage bahuye n'ingaruka zikomeye mu rwego rw'ubukungu zitewe n'icyorezo cya COVID-19.
 
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Ssentubiro Billy Alex, Umuyobozi w’umuryango Leman Foundation. ifoto ya wazoplus.com
Bwana Ssentubiro yabwiye umunyamakuru wacu ko Kampala na Wakiso habarizwa umubare w'amashuri yigenga arenga 5000 akaba afite abarimu barenga 70000. Avuga ko abarimu b'amashuri yigenga bagize umubare munini cyane w'abakozi bize kandi bafite ubumenyi bityo ko badakwiye gukomeza gukora umurimo udashinganishije. Benshi cyane muri bo nta masezerano y'akazi bafitanye n'abakoresha babo, nta bwishingizi bafite ku buryo badashobora no guhabwa inguzanyo ku mishahara yabo. Abo barimu bahuye n'ingaruka zikomeye z'ubukungu bitewe n'Icyorezo cya COVID-19 kuko bamaze umwaka wose nta mishahara babona. Avuga ko amashuri yigenga yinjiza imari ivuye gusa mu mashiringi abanyeshuri bishyura, ko nta bindi bikorwa byinjiza imari ayo mashuri yigenga akora.
Wazoplus.com kandi yaganiriye na Madamu Lilian Kato, umuyobozi w'ikigo cy'ishuri ryigenga ryitwa “Saint Elisabeth Senior Secondary School Nkoowe” atubwira ko ikigo abereye umuyobozi, cyari gifite abanyeshuri 872, n'abarimu bagera kuri 24 hatabariwemo abandi bakozi bakora imirimo itandukanye ku ishuri, mbere y’uko Guverinoma ifata icyemezo cyo gufunga amashuri kubera icyorezo cya COVID-19. Abo bakozi bose byabaye ngombwa ko imishahara yabo ihagarara kuko ikigo kitari kigifite ubushobozi bwo gukomeza kubahemba. Madamu Lilian nawe avuga ko ishuri ryabo ryinjiza imari ari uko abanyeshuri bishyuye amashiringi y'ishuri ku buryo n’iyo abanyeshuri bamwe batinze kwishyura ikigo gihura n'imbogamizi z'ubukungu. Avuga ko ikigo cyabo kimwe n'ibindi bigo by'amashuri yigenga byari bikwiye gishyiraho uburyo bwihariye bwo kuzigamira ibiza n'impanuka.
Bwana Ssentubiro wa Leman Foundation we avuga ko amashuri yigenga akwiye gutekereza ku yindi mishinga yakorerwa mu bigo by'amashuri yakwinjiza imari kuri ibyo bigo ku buryo ba nyiri amashuri badakomeza gushingira gusa ku mashiringi abanyeshuri bishyura (school fees) kuko bituma n'ikiguzi cy'uburezi (cost of education) cyiyongera cyane.
Bwana Ssentubiro avuga ko amashuri menshi, na Saint Elisabeth SS Nkoowe irimo, afite ubutaka bunini n'ibindi bikorwa remezo nk'inyubako, ndetse n'abarimu n'abanyeshuri bashobora kugira uruhare mu mishinga yinjiriza ishuri imari.
Mu rwego rwo guhangana n’ingaruka z’ubukungu zatewe nicyo cyorezo, cyane cyane kubirebana no gufasha abarimu bazahajwe nizo ngaruka, Guverinoma ya Uganda yiyemeje gushyira mu makoperative yo kwizigamira no kuguriza (SACCO) y’abarimu amashiringi asaga miriyari makumyabiri n’ebyiri (22,000,000,000 Ugx), kugira ngo ayo mashiringi abafashe kwiteza imbere ndetse no guhangana n’ingarukambi zatewe n’icyorezo cya COVID-19.
Kuva kuwa 15 Ukwakira 2020 nyuma y’amezi atanu amashuro afunzwe, Guverinoma ya Uganda yatanze uburenganzira bwo gufungura amashuri ku banyeshuri bo mu mashuri abanza ndetse n’ayisumbuye bari bageze myaka isoza ibyiciro bitandukanye by’amashuri, ibindi byiciro by’amashuri byafunguwe muri Werurwe na Mata 2021.

Uganda: COVID-19 yahungabanyije ubukungu bw’abakora mu burezi; Ingamba zo guhangana nabyo zarafashwe

Nkoowe St Elizabeth Senior Secondary School. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
It’s almost a year since Uganda recorded its<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7247991/#:~:text=Uganda%20reported%20its%20first%20case,days%20prior%20to%20his%20return."> first case of COVID-19</a>, March 21, 2020, five months after the first case was recorded in Wuhan, China. The disease’s quick spreading forced The World Health Organization (WHO) to categorize it as a pandemic, on March 11 2020.
In Uganda, like any other place, the pandemic affected every sector, while considerably affecting the economy and the daily lives of Ugandan people, especially education workers.
In a bid to fight the pandemic and its effects, countries opted for two things: health protection and reduce its transmission or normally continue internal activities on the risks of squeezing the anti-pandemic policies.
The Ugandan government chose the anti-transmission policies knowing they will press back the economy of the country especially its people. Some economical activities were put on hold, or on anti Covid-19 transmission policies regardless of economic losses. This decision affected the economy of the people, especially the education sector.
In an interview with Wazoplus.com, Ssentubiro Billy Alex, the executive director of “<a href="http://www.lemanfoundation.org/">Leman Foundation</a> '' a non-government organization that works on improving education and create opportunities for people in basic education, he said that teachers in private schools were the most affected.
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Ssentubiro Billy Alex, the executive director of Leman Foundation organization.&nbsp;
Mr Ssentubiro told our reporter that there are more than 5000 in Kampala and Wakiso with more than 70,000 teachers. Private schools’ teachers are part of a big number of workers who are educated and skilled and work uninsured. Many of them are not contracted, no insurances and no access to loans. These teachers’ economy was affected by Covid-19 pandemic since they spent a whole year without a salary. He added that private schools' earnings are from only students' school fees.
Wazoplus.com talked also to Lilian Kato, the school director of Nkoowe Saint Elizabeth Senior Secondary School and said that her school had 872 students and 24 teachers excluding other out-of-education workers before the government decided to lock schools due to Covid-19. All of those employees’ salaries stopped as the school couldn’t afford to continue paying them. Madam Lilian also said that their school gets earnings from students’ school fees and when some students are late to pay, the school encounters economic complications. She also added that their school, like other private schools, should establish savings for disasters and accidents.
Mr. Ssentubiro of the Leman Foundation, said that private schools should think about other profitable projects that can be done in schools so as to stop only counting on school fees because it raises the cost of education. Mr. Ssentubiro said that many schools as well as Nkoowe Saint Elizabeth Secondary School have a vast land and other infrastructures like buildings and teachers or students that can contribute in profitable projects.
In order to tackle the economy crisis caused by Covid-19 especially on helping those highly affected teachers, the government of Uganda decided to form cooperatives of saving and loan (SACCOs) for teachers with 22 billion shillings in order to help them in developing themselves and tackle the effects of Covid-19 pandemic.
From 15th October 2020 after five months of schools lockdown, the Government of Uganda approved school reopening for Primary and secondary schools’ candidates and the rest classes opened in March and April 2021.

Uganda: COVID-19 affected the economy and the life of education practitioners; Several measures have been taken

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