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Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 02 2021
Children in a nursery school before the Covid-19 pandemic. Homeschooling is now a preserve of a few privileged hildren in the country. PHOTO | FILE
Summary
Income and expenditure. Ms Manuela Mulondo, Early Childhood Enthusiast and Founder of The Cradle says, in terms of estimation a pre-school or kindergarten will cost a parent between Shs1m and Shs1.5million per term depending on the type of school they go to. However for most day schools and pre-care centres, about 95 per cent of income goes into expenditures.
In terms of profit margin, it leaves you with about 5 per cent that you can use to negotiate with the banks for expansion.
On Friday, the education minister Janet Museveni nursery schools handling children of this age bracket would remain closed throughout the covid-19 season citing among other issues; the fact that they can not wear masks and yet are at high risk of contracting respiratory infections like coronavirus.
Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo, the Executive Director of Uwezo Uganda says its is perturbing since it is uncertain when the pandemic will be over and yet this education level is a strong foundation in improving literacy, learning outcomes and drop out levels.
“Our own learning assessment research shows that children who are exposed to at least two years of pre primary education, catch up easily with literacy and numeracy, hardly repeat class or even drop out of school,” says Dr Nakabugo