Show all categories on graph
This poll has completed. It ran from July 19, 2012, 7:08 a.m. through July 26, 2012, 5:57 a.m.
Were teachers justified to strike?
Question: Were teachers justified to strike? A: Yes - And they should continue striking B: Yes - But they should stop striking now their demands are partly met C: No - There is simply not enough money to pay teachers more. Instructions: Go to messages on your phone, type in SANYU followed by either A, B or C and send this to 8282, for FREE. Only your first vote will be counted for the poll. Some reactions in the papers I support these teachers more than 100%. This government should sober up and get the national priorities right side up! No lame excuses for not raising teachers' salaries by 100%. Not with the way government officials squander our resources, hike their own salaries, steal and feast on all the aid money that sips through, use tax payers’ money to rig elections..., Where do you get the demanded 500.000 to pay all 160.000 primary school teachers? and by the way primary school teachers are not very educated people. The graduate and Diploma teachers are well paid and not complaining. I think the primary teachers'salary should be increased but they should not clamour so much because: 1. their education level is low and not competitive. 2. the money is not readily available realistically speaking.Background: Instead of meeting the demands of the teachers on a 100% pay raise, government agreed on a 15% increase of their salary (and a 50% increase over the next 3 years). http://www.monitor.co.There are about 160,000 primary school teachers and about 60.000 secondary school teachers, and they are some of the lowest paid civil servants in Uganda. On average, a primary teacher earns 250,000 shillings per month while secondary school counterparts take home 450,000 shillings. Meeting all demands only for primary teachers would amount to an extra expense of 40 Billion shillings a month. Realistically, every Ugandan should pay an additional tax of Ugs 1300,- a month to cater for this.