Overcoming Policy and Practice Fragility and Enhancing Security of Science, Technology and Innovation Educational Achievement for Females in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorOkwakol, Mary N.
dc.contributor.authorSuubi Ujeyo, Margaret Stella
dc.contributor.authorZami Atibuni, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorSaphina, Biira
dc.contributor.authorWaako, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-03T17:14:07Z
dc.date.available2023-04-03T17:14:07Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDG 4 and 5) provide for the attainment of quality education for all, including women. Africa Agenda 2063, Uganda Vision 2040, the Third National Development Plan (NDP III) similarly all provide unequivocal reiterations on the need for the provision of quality inclusive education that will drive national socio-economic transformation. This is particularly envisioned through a robust science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education that fosters relevant science, technology and innovation (STI) knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and competences to constitute the epicentre of the transformation. Promoting the achievement of women in equal measure to men in STEM and STI is critical to the socio-economic transformation agenda. However, there exist gaps in the policy framework and the implementation of STEM education that undermine STI educational achievement, especially for women. This conceptual paper is aimed at examining the fragility of legal and policy frameworks for STEM/STI education and the strategies for enhancing STI educational achievement for females in the Ugandan context. We argue that strengthening the policy implementation of gender-responsive STEM/STI education is a precursor of socio-economic transformation of nations and the entire world. The paper adopts a semi-systematic literature review methodology to examine legal and policy documents for strengths, flaws and implementation gaps with the aim of recommending strategies for enhancing STEM/STI educational achievement for females in Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOkwakol, M. N., Ujeyo, M. S. S., Atibuni, D. Z., Biira, S., & Waako, P. (2022). Overcoming policy and practice fragility and enhancing security of science, technology and innovation educational achievement for females in Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8397
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the National Council for Higher Educationen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectGender Policyen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectTechnologyen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.titleOvercoming Policy and Practice Fragility and Enhancing Security of Science, Technology and Innovation Educational Achievement for Females in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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