The Challenges facing the Education System of Uganda today and their possible solutions
INTRODUCTION: In Uganda, education is free and easily accessed through the government’s program entitled Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE). Through these programs, government sends grants to its aided schools to cater for the daily running o f the schools. The beneficiary schools receive among others trained /qualified teachers, scholastic materials and financial support to cater for the daily running of the school. These schools are entitled to receive the same benefits throughout the country but due to some hinges, rural schools tend to miss out on this which greatly affects the academic progress. The thing is when people fret about public or private education they mean big-city or urban schools. They forget about the millions of children who go to school in remote and rural areas. And it is here that the education situation in rural areas becomes very obvious and sometimes disapp...