Why govt wants pre-primary children near their homes

The National Private Educational Institutions in Uganda (NPEIA) leadership is calling on parents to consider taking their children to pre-primary schools within their locality to abide by the demands of the Pre-Primary Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) and the 2025 Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) policy, which places strict limits on reporting and study time.

Mr Jossy Busiku Wanemba, the NPEIA chairperson in Kampala District, noted that the ECCE policy and the pre-primary curriculum emphasise that early childhood care centres should start lessons at exactly 8am and end at…