Education and Sports

EDUCATION  DEPARTMENT

Mandate

The Education department is responsible for the effective service delivery of all decentralization education related services at IECD primary, secondary, tertiary (BTVET) that are decentralized, by providing support supervision, monitoring and inspection, recommending to the CAO on issues of recruitment, deployment, promotion, disciplining staff and also advise on issues of infrastructural development in schools, all geared towards improved service delivery in the department.

Kasese District Education Department is headed by Mr. Mainja George as the District Education  Officer who works with a very committed team which includes the following ; Mr Thabugha Ernest the Principal Inspector of Schools, Kuruthum Moshi – Senior Education Officer ,Kahyana Jerome –Sports Officer, Masika Harriet –Inspector of Schools, , Mutsangirwa Biryande Edson  –  Inspector of Schools, Birungi Zamu- Office Typist , and Bwambale Moris- Driver.

 The Department has partners including UNICEF, Save the Children-Uganda, Baylor Uganda, FAWE-Uganda, Enable, RIFO Foundation, Kiima Foods, WWF, PEAS among others.

 Education institutions in the district, both Government and private;

S/N	Level	Government	Private
1.	IECD	N/A	488 (158 Licenced & 46 Registered
2.	Primary Schools	233	202
3.	Secondary Schools	22	135
4.	Tertiary	02	09

Universities – 4 (Bugema University, Mountains of the Moon, Team University, Uganda Christian University) all are private institutions.

Education Sector	No.of Boys	No. of Girls	Total no. of students
Primary	81,472	87,276	168,748
Secondary	6,446	5,080	11,542
Tertiary (Bwera Teachers Collage- BTC)			168
Tertiary (Lake Katwe Technical Collage –L.K.T.C)			270

The District Hosts Uganda Wildlife and Research Institute, in Katwe-Kabatoro Town Council.

Staffing Level

Sector	Ceiling	Status	Gap
Primary Schools	3048	2996 (1877 Males,1119 Females )	53
Secondary	1277	560 (487 Males, 123 Females)	717
Tertiary	60	45 (32 Males, 13 Females)	15

Photos of departmental staff;