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Day five brings the composure above average Today marked  the Fifth day on good progress as the exercise draws to Bungokho North constituency. Several schools have been verified to ascertain whether the first exercise tallies with the enrollments or the variations are relative after the headcount. 50% out of 86 schools under this exercise have been visited and verified. Watasa Mayoka, the principal Internal Auditor for Mbale District called on the entire team to speed up with the remaining clusters so that his office can handle and embark on the final findings before releases are wired to schools' accounts. The verification team also looked at the general attendances relatively to first data capture, as it had less variances not dropping in numbers but an additional to the first ones. The school programs remain not exhausted due to lack of funds to run the normal expenditures. " We cannot go forth, we need the funds to help...

Tirelessly, one would break for a nightfall to carry away the fatigue after four days of the verification exercise. It is from this background, an educationist would appeal to government for salary enhancement, looking at the tidius work involved for meaningful results. The exercise continues next week after a weekend break, as we dive into some of the challenges affecting the department.  ✓ Infrastructural demand for effective learning and child assessment by teachers.  While this stands as a reality, some schools are in need of adequate learning spaces. Relatively to that, the staffing shortage continues to surface in some schools without replacements on transfers or the assumed inadequate wage bill. The outcry was heard during the verification exercise. Mbale district local government has prioritized on increasing the funding for infrastructural development, as several schools are earmarked for renovations starting this financial year...

A PlaCard With Old Students Bubulo Secondary school was established in 1983 as Community school in partnership with the Anglican Church Diocese of Mbale and the Government of Uganda. The school was birthed out of the an idea that was hatched by one of the founding fathers Canon Edward Sezi Mungati who was then a PTA Chairman of Bubulo Girls High School after getting the outcry of parents after a fees increment, a proposal was laid to start a mixed agenda institution with the low cost education to the children from low economic background since most of the few secondary schools at a time were boarding. Different Students In Unison  In 1982, Bubulo girls' high school greened as the only noble school in South Bugisu subregion, It was seen as gender insensitive because of its humble beginning. Because of high demand to elevate education standards across both gender. On that good day during the PTA Annual General Meeting at Bubulo Girls in 1982, a rev...