Tayebwa calls for school census to fight ‘ghost’ pupils

By Sylvia Katushabe The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa, has called for internal audits in public schools to eliminate “ghost”students. Mr Tayebwa said the government is losing a lot of money through funding non-existing learners in public schools that could cover the funding gap in the education sector. “Just like we have done audits for human resources in the country, we need to do serious audits for our students in these schools. The huge amount of money we are losing to “ghost” students would help to cover most of these costs,”Mr Tayebwa said. He was speaking during the orientation meeting for MPs on early child- hood development in Kampala yesterday. Mr Tayebwa said the census of students should […]