Cuba places a great deal of value on cultural activities for its school children. PHOTO | REUTERS
The Speaker of Parliament wants the Ugandan government to import
nursery school teachers from Cuba to help Ugandans change attitudes
towards vocational education.
Ms Rebecca Kadaga says that during her recent trip to the Caribbean island nation, she noticed that three-year-old children play games in chemistry, physics, hairdressing and other vocational skills.
“These
skills are shortcuts to vocational training, compared to the
white-collar jobs which are creating unemployment,” she said while
launching the SOS Children’s Villages 'Youth Can' Initiative at the
Kampala Serena Hotel on Wednesday.
Doctors
Uganda is at an advance stage of importing some 200 Cuban doctors who it plans to deploy in public hospitals in the rural areas to meet the need for specialist medics.
Neighbouring Kenya is also importing 100 doctors from Cuba.
But medical associations and trade unions in both
countries have objected to the Cuba deals, arguing that importing
doctors will be a costly affair that does not offer a permanent solution
to the lack of medical specialists in the region.
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