The Sector’s objective is to attain the goals of the NDP II and Vision 2040 goals which are:
- Achieve equitable access to relevant and quality education and training towards rapid transformation of the society and economy of Kamwenge and the country at large
- Ensure delivery of relevant and quality education and training for self-development and competitiveness in the global job market; and
- Enhance efficiency and effectiveness of education and sports service delivery at all levels.
Sector Goal
Expansion of access and equity at all levels to ensure equal and inclusive education for all children in the District
Vision: Quality Education for all.
Mission: To provide appropriate Education focusing on national and local priorities for the development of Kamwenge.
Mandate: The Department is mandated to provide Education services which cover the nursery, primary, secondary, special needs education and tertiary education
Sector Priorities
- Enrolling all school going age children of age 6 and above
- Mobilize communities/parents to ensure girl child education and the disadvantaged children
- Fostering literacy, numeracy and life skills in the teaching, learning process
- Encouraging the teaching of science at both primary and secondary schools
- Participate in co-curricular activities from school to National levels and community sports development
- Timely assessment of learners both at secondary and primary level
- Enforcing customized performance targets in primary schools
- To Construct classrooms, teachers’ houses, pit latrines and provision of furniture in primary schools
- Rehabilitation of classrooms which are relatively strong as approved by engineers.
- Inspecting schools
- Capacity building for school managers
- Encouraging tree planting in schools to provide wind breaks, shades and sources of income.
- Equipping teachers with SNE skills and training
- Completion and stocking public Library
- To reduce on the dropout rate by ensuring that school are child friendly
Strategies
- Carry out needs assessment of classrooms, furniture, toilets, text books through school census, inspection and supervision of schools
- Identify needs of teachers through inspection of teaching and learning activities and annual appraisal forms
- Monitoring and evaluation of programmes using standard instruments and quality indicators
- Recruit more teachers especially for rural schools
- Solicit for more funding to the Department from the Central Government, Local Government and Private Partners in Development
- Ensuring joint team inspection and disseminating the findings to the stakeholders
- Enhance parental involvement through community dialogue
- Enhance gender, HIV/AIDS, disability interventions and environmental issues
- Promote safety practices in schools
- Encourage school committees and parents to participate in operation & maintenance of the school structures and property
- Promote interventions to reduce teacher absenteeism
- Develop an ordinance to promote school enrolment and retention
- Promote Education For All (EFA) through inclusive education by strengthening SNE sub-sector
- Lobbying for extra funding from the central government and civil society organization (funding partners)
- Continued inspection and supervision of school activities
- Organizing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) seminars for teachers and head teachers for continued improvement of performance
- Good utilization of all resources received from the central and local governments
- Mobilizing and sensitizing School Committees towards support for education activities in their localities
Department Composition
- The department IS composed of two sub sectors
- Administration and Inspectorate
Administration:
The Administration is charged with overall coordination and management of all activities in education sector
Inspectorate Sub Sector:
It is charged with quality control of curriculum and co-curricular activities (games, sports, music dance and drama) and Special Needs Education.