The education sector in Uganda constitutes at least 5% of GDP. That is the equivalent of UGX 7.4 trillion. So yes schools are big business.
And yes, just like many startups in Uganda, schools too fail because of nearly the same reason as many other businesses. Some of these reasons include poor management, inefficient systems, poor cash flow and poor record keeping.
“Like any other business, schools need to manage school fees payments, manage teaching and non-teaching staff by allocating the proper amount of workload, as well as monitoring staff attendance,” says Patrick Muhumuza, the Head of SchoolPay Operations
Muhumuza says that the average school owner or manager is burdened by the complications with running manual processes, characterised by cumbersome paperwork that makes it difficult to accurately and timely maintain records on attendance, school fees collections, admissions, transport, etc.
Tracking the progress of teachers and evaluating the effectiveness of teachers’ work becomes a challenge for the school administrator, while teachers are also struggling to monitor students’ activities including attendance, discipline, assignments, etc. Running a manual system, also makes it difficult for institutions to cope with their finances and track their fee collections and contributions on time.
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