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The promotion of Girls Education
The initiative aims at improving girls’ retention and performance at school. In addition to increasing
access, Girls’ retention has been emphasized in the School Facility Grant (SFG) disbursed to districts
to provide classrooms and sanitation facilities that are Girl­child friendly such as establishment of
washrooms/changing rooms.
Sexual maturation and reproductive health are emphasized in schools to empower girl children. This
is through the appointment of senior woman/man teachers and promotion of guidance and
counselling in schools.
Ministry of Education and Sports in collaboration with FAWEU, with funding from ADB IV equipped
a total of 36 secondary schools and 4 BTVET institutions with Menstruation management kit to ensure
that the girls are able to obtain emergency materials from the school to help them during
menstruation. The menstruation management kit includes jerry cans, soap, wrappers locally known as
“Lesus”, basins, Panadol, gauze and cotton.
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Affirmative action:
a) Bursary scheme for needy students especially girls
The Sector continues to support the needy but bright students through a bursary scheme under the
ADB IV project. The Bursary scheme is administered by Forum for African Women Educationalists
Uganda Chapter (FAWE­U) where 695 students were awarded bursaries and are in school. 60% of
these students are girls and 40% boys.
b) Female Managerial Capacity in Education
Ministry of Education and Sports maintains its position on recognizing the special role of women in
management positions by encouraging younger women t assume leadership roles. It therefore
continues with effort to promote accelerated registration and training of female teachers, tutors,
lecturers and administrators. The target is to ensure that females to heads all girls’ schools and all coeducational
institutions have at least one or two leading positions occupied by a female. It is
envisaged that the female teachers and school administrators will in the long run become role models
for girls to assume even more challenging leadership positions in society.
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Implementation of gender based training in various Universities
Makerere University
At Makerere University, Gender Mainstreaming Division was elevated to a Directorate, championing
Gender advocacy at institutional and national levels, through sentinell sites for staff and students.
Department of Women and Gender Studies elevated to a school under the new college of Humanities
and Social Sciences.
Across cutting course on gender was introduced for all programmes in the University and piloted in
the College of Engineering Design Art and Technology and the College of Computing and
Information Sciences for the Academic year.
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012