Head teachers have been ordered to open their schools when third term opens on Monday, as Cabinet meets tomorrow Wednesday to find a final solution to the looming teachers’ strike.

Education minister Jessica Alupo

“Government has received notice from Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) regarding their declaration of industrial action in respect of the teachers’ unmet salary increment,” education minister Jessica Alupo said in a statement.
“The Chief Administrative Officers through their DEOs and inspectors of schools are requested to ensure that all schools are opened as scheduled and head teachers report to their duty stations to receive parents and their children.”
Alupo directed districts to ensure that all government-aided schools open for the third term on September 16, 2013. She also urged boards of governors, school management committees, PTAs and parents to ensure that children report to school on Monday.
“All teachers are called upon not to sacrifice their professional ethics and abandon their learners at this critical moment,” the statement read.

This comes after UNATU announced last week that they had started mobilisng teachers to lay down their tools on Monday over failure by Government to pay the 20% salary increment.
Minister Alupo said negotiations between Government and UNATU would continue even after the schools have opened.
“We have prepared a Cabinet memo for discussion tomorrow. We expect Cabinet to come up with a decision on the teachers who won’t teach on Monday,” she said.