EDUCATION SYSTEM IN UGANDA

Education.

The education system in Uganda has a structure of seven years of primary education, six years or secondary education (divided into four years for lower secondary and two years of post secondary education. this system has existed since the early 1960's.

The Ugandan Government introduced the Universal Primary Education Program
(UPE) in order to improve the enrollment and attainment in primary schools, it was initially realized to provide free education for four children per family but this program was not performing based in its regulations due to the a complex structure of Ugandan families.



The Ugandan government encourages children to continue with their studies after having finished primary school.

Uganda's secondary education system follows the education system of its former colonial masters though only a quarter of Uganda's young population have secondaryty school places.



Post secondary education established in 1922, Makerere University in Kampala and it was the first college in East Africa. Its prim ary aim was to train people for government employment.