Abstract
Uganda has come a long way on its journey towards having a largely educated population. Undoubtedly, notable progress has been made towards this cause e.g. introduction of Universal Primary Education which was followed by achieving impressive primary school enrollment rates, and increment in mean years of schooling from 2.8 years in 1990 to 5.7 years in 2015. However, there are still a number of challenges holding the country’s education sector back. The major challenges pointed out in this paper include: high fertility rates; low quality of education; competing national budget priorities; biting poverty and child labor; and high unemployment rates. To deal with these challenges, this paper proposes that the government of Uganda should: widen its tax base to mobilize more funds for the education sector and other priority sectors; devise strategies to reduce the country’s fertility rate; revise the school curriculum to make it more relevant to current and future economic needs; design an education system with the ability and aim of giving all Ugandans a minimum education level of an undergraduate degree or equivalent vocational/ technical training and; strengthen enforcement of national education standards and other related regulations.
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