The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) today extended its Education Intervention Project to improve the learning conditions in government aided primary schools Upcountry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Fund will cumulatively have spent UGX 900m on the project, contributed by NSSF and other funding partners, Managing Director Richard Byarugaba revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While addressing journalists at Pioneer Primary School, Byarugaba said that the Fund\u2019s intervention is informed by reports that learning conditions in most public primary schools are below standard and could be a health hazard to the learners and their teachers due to the increase in enrollment in public schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGovernment has done well extending free primary education to every corner of Uganda. However, with this expansion, the high enrolment numbers have led to overcrowding and pressure on available structures. Our intervention supports government efforts, by refurbishing existing structures as well as improving sanitation in our public schools,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Byarugaba said that in 2016, the Fund was approached by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to support it education services directorate to refurbish old buildings and replace asbestos roofing common in Kampala schools that is a health hazard. The Fund has since last year expanded its intervention to other schools across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe started at public primary level, where learners are most vulnerable, So far, 7 schools have benefited from this initiative to the tune of Ugx 600m contributed by the Fund and 4 are earmarked to benefit this year to a tune of 300M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 7 include St. Ponsiano Kyamula P\/S, Nakivubo settlement P\/S, Makerere Primary School, Kampala School for the Physically Handicapped, Mbuya C\/O P\/S, and St. Paul P\/S, Nsambya \u2013 all under KCCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other 4 schools earmarked to benefit this year are Pioneer P\/S- Soroti, Mutolere P\/S \u2013 Kisoro, Adwari P\/S \u2013 Otuke, and St. Paul P\/S \u2013 Nsambya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Byarugaba added that as a good corporate citizen the Fund is committed to supporting government efforts to improve learning conditions in public schools through its Education CSR initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He appreciated companies that contributed to the funding through participation in the annual NSSF Kampala 7 Hills Run, a charity mini marathon across the 7 historical hills of Kampala. The funding partners include Equity Bank, Stanbic Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Umeme Limited, MultiChoice Uganda, Clarkson Insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Others are ICEA, Kakira Sugar, CMA, URBRA, Nation Media Uganda, Vision Group, Simba FM, Galaxy FM, UBC, and NBSTV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alfred Enyidu, the Headteacher at Pioneer Primary School – Soroti, one of the beneficiary schools, said that said the NSSF intervention will go a long way in enhancing quality education in upcountry schools which have for a long time been left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSchool buildings have previously been seen only as places where school is ‘kept\u2019 and have only recently been considered as places that can directly support or inhibit learning. Learning conditions in schools have often been overlooked, yet also influence schools\u2019 performance. NSSF has found the right area to intervene,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event was also attended by the Mayor, Soroti Municipality and other Soroti municipality and district leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
END<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ABOUT NSSF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The National Social Security Fund Uganda is a multi-trillion Fund mandated by Government through the NSSF Act, Cap 222 (Laws of Uganda) to provide social security services to employees in the private sector. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n NSSF is the most profitable, trustworthy, efficient, secure, innovative and dynamic social security provider that guarantees safety, security and a competitive return on members\u2019 savings, delivering an annual return of investment of over 2% above the 10-year inflation average.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fund manages assets worth over UGX 14 trillion invested in Fixed Income, Equities and Real Estate assets within the East Africa region. As the largest Fund in East Africa by value, we have the ambitious goal of growing our Assets Under Management to 20 trillion by 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2012, the Fund is regulated by the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority while Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is responsible for policy oversight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, please visit our website at <\/em>www.nssfug.org<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>www.facebook.com\/nssfug<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>www.twitter.com\/nssfug<\/em><\/a><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) today extended its Education Intervention Project to improve the learning conditions in government aided<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[64,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SAM_4674.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7979,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nssf-saga-gender-minister-amongi-defends-ug-shs-6b-she-directed-to-be-included-in-the-funds-budget\/","url_meta":{"origin":3389,"position":0},"title":"NSSF SAGA: GENDER MINISTER AMONGI DEFENDS UG.SHS.6B SHE DIRECTED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FUND\u2019S BUDGET","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Our Reporters The Minster of Gender Labour and Social Development Betty Amongi Ongom has once again defended the Ug.shs. 6bn she directed the NSSF Management and Board to include in its 2023\/24 budget to mobilise more savings for the fund. 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