Teachers in limbo after abrupt transfer orders

A GOVERNMENT directive to immediately withdraw State-funded teachers from private schools has thrown the education sector in Glen View-Mufakose into chaos, leaving approximately 33 teachers in professional limbo and sparking outrage from unions.

The policy, intended to address staffing shortage in public schools by recalling teachers from private institutions, has been implemented in what critics called a “haphazard and punitive” manner.

At Mufakose Mhuriimwe Secondary School, a private institution, teachers received blanket transfer notices late last week, often without being informed of their new posting.

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