Export oriented growth is one of strategies expected to drive Uganda to a lower middle-income status by 2020. However, Uganda’s export performance is shaky, and the efforts and reforms have not yet yielded significant ...

With the introduction of UPE in 1997, Government committed to providing the basic facilities and resources to enable every child enter and complete primary school. The Government commitments included: (i) payment of school ...

Two decades of implementation of the Universal Primary Education Policy in Uganda, have been associated with notable achievements regarding increase in enrolment and investment in primary education by both the public and ...

At the introduction of UPE, much responsibility was conferred on the inspection function to particularly quality assure the inputs, processes and outcomes of the UPE. While there have been significant achievements by the ...

An adequate and efficiently implemented primary school curriculum is a foundation for attainment of the UPE outcomes. It is at the primary level that the capacity to learn, to read and use math, to acquire information, and ...

Uganda aspires to attain a per capita income of USD 1,039 by 2020 as spelt out in the Second National Development Plan (NDPII). To achieve the middle-income target Uganda should sustain an average growth of above 10 percent ...

The 1992 Government White Paper provided for Universal Primary Education as one of the main policy tools for achieving poverty reduction and human development. Since the introduction of UPE in 1997, no comprehensive ...

The rapid population growth in Kampala City, amidst widespread underemployment and a dominant informal sector, has caused structural and socio-economic challenges, including: the lack of an integrated transport system; ...

One of Uganda’s development challenges for social economic transformation is the low production and productivity. Whereas this is manifested in all sectors of the economy, it is prominent in the agricultural sector, which ...

Uganda’s Iron and Steel industry paints a picture of contradictions. Firstly, the country has abundant highquality iron ore deposits, yet its infant steel industry imports all of its raw materials. Secondly, there is ...