Uganda: After Two Years of Covid-19 Lockdown, Education Sector Struggles to Restart


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In March 2020, President Museveni closed all educational institutions in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Until October 2020, institutions were cleared to operate in a phased manner before the country was hit again with a second wave of Covid in June 2021.

As YUDAYA NANGONZI writes, there’s some light at the end of the tunnel after the ministry of Education and Sports recently approved the full reopening of all pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools on January 10, 2022.

The onus is now on the parents to look for tuition fees amid December festivities and January blues. Here’s a breakdown of how the different sub-sectors of education performed as well as looking ahead into the New Year, 2022.

TRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY

This sub-sector comprises the highest number of learners but little was done in the financial year 2020/21 since schools

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