The Uganda school for the deaf administration has cited under staffing as a key challenge in executing their duties. Speaking during the launch of the theme “Her Voice matters” for the She Leads project, Tumuhairwe Juliet Mary, Head teacher of the Uganda school for the deaf in Ntinda said they don’t have enough trained teachers to manage the children.
"The recruitment of teachers takes a long time. So You find that teachers who are around are stressed to do everything instead of sharing the subjects. According to the government each teacher should be handling ten children but you find one teacher in a class of 30" said headteacher Tumuhairwe.
Another challenge is the lack of books written in both sign language and English, but the head teacher says the teachers are doing their work very well to help these children be able to sit the primary examination at the end of seven years.
“During the teaching and learning, we have some challenges of communication, but of course sign language as it is a short cut, we find a challenge to streamline the grammar more especially when it comes to English. So you find that you can’t sign it all like it is required" she noted.
