Educationists have asked teachers to choose the right time to press government for their demands to avoid stalling the education syllabus.
The Executive Director Basajjassubi Education Consult, Daniel Ndawula said much as government is blamed for not fulfilling its pledges, teachers must also be considerate.
He says the sit drown strikes have continuously contributed to the failure rate in public schools.
This comes after teachers under their umbrella association Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU on Monday started a national teachers’ strike to protest government delay to increase their salaries as earlier promised.
The teachers gave government a 90-day ultimatum to address their issue of salary enhancement before the schools open but government didn’t respond to its pledge.
While presenting the ministry’s achievements in the past three years at the Prime Minister’s office on Monday, Education minister Janet Museveni acknowledged that salaries for primary school teachers had not been increased for three consecutive years.
“There has been no salary enhancement for primary school teachers in the last three years because increment prior to Financial Year 2016/17 put them above the pay targets in the pay policy approved by Cabinet,” Ms Museveni said.
She said the monthly salary for Grade III teachers had increased from Shs280,000 to Shs469,355.
