Teso

The Teso Presidential Industrial Hub is one of the 19 hubs set up across the country with the aim of equipping over 12,000 youths every year under the Presidential Initiative on skilling of the youth to usher them into the money economy.

Commissioning the hub, President Museveni congratulated the beneficiaries of the skilling hub and thanked their parents for sending them to the hub to acquire skills.

President Museveni who is currently on a wealth creation and Parish Development Model (PDM) assessment tour in the Teso sub region, also issued a stern warning to head teachers to stop charging fees in government schools, describing the act as a great contributing factor to school dropouts.

“You have seen how useful these courses are and we could have done more for all the other youths if we did not have obstructions by some of the actors,” the President said.

He reminded the gathering that the NRM government strategy was to have all the children study free in primary and secondary schools as clearly indicated in the 1996 NRM manifesto.