Uganda: Bridge Schools Seek to Partner With Government

2 December 2016
opinion

Primary education is the foundation for development of any country. Uganda has one of the youngest and fastest growing populations in the world. As the population continues to boom, already stretched social services will be stretched further.

Since the introduction of Universal Primary Education (UPE) there has been a huge and admirable success in improving access to education. Before UPE in 1997, less than 60 per cent of children went to primary school. Now the figure is 94 per cent. But, in-keeping with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 "ensure inclusive and quality education for all" the focus needs to be on not just getting children into classes, but ensuring they learn once they are there.

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