Education in Uganda

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The system of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years of secondary education (divided into 4 years of lower secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school), and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. The present system has existed since the early 1960s.

[edit] Primary education

In 1999 there were 6 million pupils receiving primary education, compared to only 2 million in 1986. Numbers received a boost in 1997 when free primary education was made available for four children per family.

Only some 40% of primary school graduates go on to take any form of secondary education.

[edit] Secondary education

Three-year technical schools provide an alternative to lower secondary school. Alternatives for graduates from lower secondary school include

• Upper secondary schools; the prominent ones being Namagunga, Kibuli SS,Nabisunsa Girls, Buddo, and Gayaza.
• 2-3 year Technical institutes;
• 2 year Primary Teacher College (PTC) courses
• Department Training Colleges (DTCs).

[edit] Post-secondary education

Although 9,000-12,000 students per year leave school qualified to go on to higher education, only some 25% of them are able to find places at the limited number of institutions. Makerere University in Kampala (MUK) accepts some 95% of the total student population in Uganda's universities. Other universities include:

• Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)
• Ndejje Christian University
• Uganda Christian University
• Nkozi University
• Bugema Seventh-day Adventist University
• Mbale Islamic University
• Nkumba University
• Kampala International University (KIU)
• Namasagali University
• Busoga University
• Kyambogo University

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• UNESCO Nairobi office on education in Uganda

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