SCHOOL FUNDS NOT REMITTED PROPERLY - THEN WHY PUNISH WHISTLEBLOWERS !!!!

 

 SCHOOL  FUNDS  NOT REMITTED PROPERLY  !!!

From the DAILY NEWS,  TANZANIA.   28 April, 2015.

http://www.touch.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/44237-school-funds-not-remitted-properly

 

Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government), Jumanne Sagini

 

THE government will conduct a pilot study in July,  2015, whereas capitation funds will be sent directly to a chosen sample of secondary boarding schools instead of municipalities as it is the situation at present.

Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government), Jumanne Sagini, said the pilot study is aimed at finding a solution for delays of remittance of funds to schools.

He said ownership and accountability of the capitation fees remains a challenge, thus they will conduct the study after this year’s budget to see if the money will be spent as intended.

His comment followed a recent situation whereby some secondary schools were closed as there was no money to buy food for the students.

“The schools’ head- teachers were supposed to report the matter to the Districts Executive Directors that they were short of food and their intention to shut down the services and see their reaction, something they did not do,” he said.

They will also study the capitation fees rate being issued to see if the amount dished out meet the needs since the current rates were set a long time ago.

“Our experts will work on the rates to see if it is viable since the ones used were set when the secondary schools were under the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training,” he said.

The government issues a capitation fund of 25,000/- for secondary school students and 10,000/- for primary school pupils through the District Executive Director for accountability.

However, he said, there have been a number of complaints that the municipalities do not distribute them on time and at times they are diverted to other expenditures.

He said the government is sending the capitation funds through the municipal and district council executive directors for accountability and thus the fund should not be diverted to any other use.

Mr Sagini said the government has set aside 9 billion  in upkeep allowances for 31,056 newly employed teachers and 10,625 laboratory technicians who are supposed to report at their work station on May 1, 2015.

Moreover, he said, his ministry will announce the names of students selected to join Form Five by the end of May 1, 2015, that early arrangements can be made by both parties.

Unlike previously, he said, this time around, the 2,700 science and mathematics teachers have been stationed directly in schools with critical shortages while the municipalities have been tasked to handle the arts teachers.

He said the municipalities are supposed to pay the teachers seven-day upkeep allowances within a week or two from the date they reported at their work stations.

Sagini said the science and mathematics teachers had to be positioned in selected schools, since they were few compared to those for arts and economics subjects.

In the employment announced yesterday, he said, the government has recruited 11,795 certificate teachers, 6,596 diploma holders, 12,666 university graduates and 10,625 laboratory technicians.

He called upon the municipalities to organise a special arrangement through which the newly employed teachers will be received on May 1, 2015 despite the fact that it will be a public holiday.

Moreover, the employers have been tasked to ensure that all employment procedures are finalised by May 10, 2015 and the details sent to the civil service for salary arrangements.