Uganda, March 20 -- Last week, the country was taken aghast by yet another act of humiliation to the teaching profession. The Nakaseke district council after the release of the Primary Leaving Examinations results that showed poor performance in many government aided schools passed a resolution that was implemented by the District Chairperson Mr.Ignatius Koomu to hold competency exams for teachers in select primary schools to prove their level of knowledge of subject content.

These teachers were reportedly 'tricked' to come for a meeting at Nakaseke Technical Institute, only for them to be made to sit the exam! The same district in 2017 for the same reasons made Head teachers for 'underperforming schools' sit exams and demoted some Head ...