The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called for internal audits in public schools to eliminate “ghost” students.
Tayebwa said the government is losing a lot of money through funding non-existing learners in public schools that could cover the funding gap in the education sector.
He was speaking during the orientation meeting for MPs on early child- hood development in Kampala yesterday.
Tayebwa said the census of students should be on the same day and time, arguing that schools swap learners to top up the missing numbers.
However, Tayebwa called for increased funding for universal education both at primary and secondary levels to make it entirely free.
He also called for a law to protect the inter-sex children in the country, saying they had been left behind.
Tayebwa said the country has more than 300,000 inter-sex people and it’s unfortunate they were included by the gay community.
