Part I - Ministry Of Education and Sports

4.0 Overview of the Education and Sports Sector Performance
4.1 Access and Equity
a) Pre­primary and primary education
Under the pre­primary and primary sub sector, the following were achieved
(i) Payment of UNEB examination fees for 446,508 PLE candidates;
(ii) Payment of Capitation grant for 16,239 pre­service and2,000 in­service students in PTCs;
(iii) Distribution of food to 245 primary schools under the World Food Programme(WFP);
The food supplies were key in boosting pupil enrolment and retention at all levels;
(iv) Promotion of school gardens through supply of vegetable seeds, fruit and timber tree seedlings to
schools under WFP. In addition, ploughed 120 acres of land for 30 schools, 2,800 assorted hand
tools given out to schools and 12,376 tree seedlings distributed in48 selected schools in Amudat,
Napak, Moroto, Nakapiripirit, Kotido, Abim and Kaabong;
(v) Facilitating624 children in Laroo School for War Affected Children;
(vi) Construction and rehabilitation of primary schools. Under the Emergency Construction and
Rehabilitation of Primary Schools Project, 38 schools were identified and 18of them received funds
for construction, rehabilitation and acquiring furniture;
(vii) Licensed 225 primary schools, and registered 130 Early Childhood Development Centres; and,
(viii) Grant Aided69 Community primary schools countrywide.
b) Secondary Education
In the secondary sub sector, the following were achieved:
(i) PaidCapitation Grants amounting to 80,210,939,519/=for 718,000 students, 215,400 of them in
private partnership schools (PPPs) and 502,600in government secondary schools;
(ii) Extention of USE to cover Upper (‘A’ level) Secondary. The UPOLET program was approved by
Cabinet in 2011 and implementation started in 2012 with 701 government schools and 251 Public
Private Partnership schools;
(iii) Construction of 16 new Seed Secondary Schools in each sub – county and hard to reach areas plus
expansion of facilities in the already existing secondary schools;
(iv) Coding and Staffingof 10 new Seed Secondary schools by the Ministry of Public Service;and,
(v) Enhancing Public Private Partnership.The sector increased the number of private secondary
schools partnering with government under USE program from 363 schools in 2007 to 743 in 2011.
In the period under review, 144 private secondary schools signed Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with government to jointly implement USE.
c) BTVET sub­sector
In the BTVET sub­sector, the followingwere achieved:
(i) Payment of Capitation Grant for Students in BTVET institutions. The sub sector paid UPPET
capitation grant for 11,160 students in Technical Institutes, Farm Schools, and Community
Polytechnics, 1,680 students in private institutions, 14,976 non­formal trainees, and 2,754 school
leavers;
(ii) Payment of Capitation Grant for 1,103students in 5 Health Training Institutions, 1,750 students in 5
UTCs, 1,600 students in 5 UCCs and 11,250 students in Technical Institutions;
(iii) Carried out construction and rehabilitation work in BTVET institutions which among others
included; kabira Ts, Kaberamaido, Kaliro, Kalongo, Kamengo, Kyamuhunga, Kabaale TS, Buroora,
Ahmed Seguya Memorial, Amugo Agro and Butaleja TS under the Development of BTVET project.
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ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012