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Ministry of Education gets UGX 554b for accelerating access to secondary education in Uganda

by OUR REPORTER | UG STANDARD
26/07/2020
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EDUCATION NEWS UGANDA | At least 2.5 million learners are slated to directly benefit from the funding that will be utilized under the Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP).

The World Bank has offered Uganda sh554b ($150m) to enable more Ugandan children access and complete secondary education.

The funding is aimed at improving access to higher quality secondary education among Ugandan children in safer and better equipped learning environments that are also supportive of girls’ education.

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At least 2.5 million learners are slated to directly benefit from the funding that will be utilized under the Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP).

The project is financed by an International Development Association credit of sh332b ($90m), and a grant of sh222b ($60m) from the Window on Host Communities and Refugees.

A total of 116 new lower secondary day-schools will be constructed, and 61 schools will benefit from additional classrooms in underserved districts, creating 70,300 new spaces for learners, including 30,000 in areas hosting refugees.

Schools will be fully furnished and equipped to accommodate two streams of students.

The project will provide student textbooks and teacher guides, support continuous teacher professional development, and implement an accelerated education program for children who are not currently attending school.

According to Tony Thompson, World Bank Country Manager the project aims to provide new school spaces while at the same time creating a conducive learning environment which is safe, promotes students’ personal growth and self-esteem, and increases retention for both boys and girls.

“Uganda needs to expand access to secondary education to enhance its human capital. This is essential if Uganda is to improve the future wellbeing of its citizens while also enabling the economy to grow through their increased productivity,” said Thompson

Among other things, the project includes special measures to reduce the prevalence of early pregnancies and to assist young mothers to re-enter lower secondary education when they drop out.

Uganda is a pioneer in Sub-Saharan Africa in implementing policies to achieve universal access to primary and secondary education.

“Uganda’s school age population is growing very fast increasing demand for quality education. This project is following a new model of expanding secondary education in Uganda that optimizes capital investment as well as recurrent costs while introducing quality measures. We hope that the proposed model will enhance prospects for further sustainable expansion of secondary education in Uganda,” said Kirill Vasiliev, Senior Education Specialist and Task Team Leader.

USEEP complements other World Bank support to improve education in Uganda.

The recently completed Teachers and Schools Effectiveness Project (funded by Global Partnership for Education and managed by the Bank) focused on primary education and early childhood development (ECD).

As a result of the project, more than 17,000 teachers were trained in early grade reading and 13 million math and English textbooks were delivered improving the pupil-textbook ratio from 14 at baseline to two.

About 28% of pupils can read 20 or more words per minute compared to 13% in 2016. An e-inspection system is in place to monitor and support school performance.

A draft Early Childhood Development Policy has developed, while ECD caregivers from more than 2,500 centers have been trained and are providing care to more than 83,000 pupils across the country.

A total of 929 classrooms with latrines for both girls and boys and rain harvesting tanks have been constructed benefitting 55,200 pupils. The Uganda Skills Development Project, Second African Centers of Excellence Project and other operations with educational components are currently under implementation.

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