Schools in Kampala haven’t received capitation grant from KCCA

By Charles Katabalwa

15^th Feb 2022

Some schools in Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA have to date never received the capitation grant sent by the authority last month.

The school year 2022 began on January 10, and KCCA funds for the financial year 2021/22 first quarter were released but the schools in Kampala under the Universal Primary Education –UPE schools have not yet received the funds according to most head teachers within Kampala.

Alice Nabwire, the head teacher of Mutundwe Church of Uganda Primary School that has a population of 505 pupils says due to the delays in the release of capitation grants by the government, they are currently relying on the “small” fees paid in by the parents to manage the school to buy some of the urgent things as they wait for the capitation grant.

All schools benefiting from the capitation grant are expected to use the funds on purchasing scholastic materials (taking 35%), administration (10%), emergency expenditure (20%), co-curricular activities, and school management (15%).

The government provides 9,335 shillings per pupil per year and 44,021 Shillings per student per year, while the proposed amounts in the education sector budget of 2020/21 are 12,000 Shillings for UPE and 170,000Shillings for USE proposed by the..

Charles Maginot, the deputy director KCCA education and social services department says they still have a challenge of a low capitation grant which he says affects the delivery of quality education and sports in the city

Maginot says they receive a capitation grant of 643,533,843shs for the UPE enrollment of 68,937 pupils and 2,745,394,115shs for the enrollment of 62,365 students in secondary schools and disbursed the money but due numerous complaints they are to make a follow-up.