{"id":558,"date":"2025-07-11T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/?p=558"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:22:57","slug":"558","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/2025\/07\/11\/558\/","title":{"rendered":"When Transport Becomes a Barrier to Education: Teacher Annet\u2019s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/YIzawh9Xro8\">When Transport Becomes a Barrier to Education: Teacher Annet\u2019s Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Transport is one of the reasons some teachers miss school,\u201d says Teacher Annet, a dedicated educator and proud Power Teacher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In Uganda, where teachers earn between USD 120\u2013164 monthly, transport costs can consume up to 15% of their income. The result? Many simply can\u2019t afford to reach the classroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At Power Teachers Africa, we are addressing this challenge head-on. Our model provides targeted, cost-effective support to help teachers overcome barriers like transport \u2014 so they can show up, stay motivated, and keep children learning.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;Why Some Teachers Can\u2019t Make It to School | Teacher Annet\u2019s Story | Power Teachers Africa&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YIzawh9Xro8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Transport Becomes a Barrier to Education: Teacher Annet\u2019s Story Transport is one of the reasons some teachers miss school,\u201d says Teacher Annet, a dedicated educator and proud Power Teacher. In Uganda, where teachers earn between USD 120\u2013164 monthly, transport costs can consume up to 15% of their income. The result? Many simply can\u2019t afford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"teacher","author_link":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/author\/teacher\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"When Transport Becomes a Barrier to Education: Teacher Annet\u2019s Story Transport is one of the reasons some teachers miss school,\u201d says Teacher Annet, a dedicated educator and proud Power Teacher. In Uganda, where teachers earn between USD 120\u2013164 monthly, transport costs can consume up to 15% of their income. The result? Many simply can\u2019t afford&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerteachersafrica.org\/pta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}