Part I - Ministry Of Education and Sports

students (1,701 male and 453 female);7 Health instutions with an enrolment of 1,038 students (445
male and 593 female); and upper A’ level secondary schools with an enrolment of 27,317 students
(18,918 male and 8,399 female) in 698 government aided schools and 1, 1157 students (7,373 male and
8,399 female) in 256 private partnership schools.
(iii) Opening of newly started technical institutions.
The sub­sector brought on board the newly started technical institutions at Katonga; Kitagwenda;
Ihunga; Uganda Martyrs Nyarushanze; Abim; Moroto; Nakapiririt, Nkoko, Kaabong, Bumbeire, and
Kasese Youth Polytechnic, by posting substantive principals and instructors.
(c) Results/outcomes
(i) Expansion of access to BTVET
In the period under review, the subsector has continued to undertake a number of interventions in
order to improve access to vocational education.This has been done through the construction and
establishment of new technical institutions throughout the country, providing UPOLET programmes
and providing instructors. This has increased students’ enrolments from 9, 344, Students in 2011 to
11,124 Students in 2012 in all the 119 BTVET institutions as shown in Table 4.13.
Table: 4.13.Enrolment in BTVET institutions
FY Total Male Female
2010/11 9,344 7,575 1,769
2011/12 11,124 8,508 2,616
Source: EMIS 2011
(ii) Non Formal Education
Non­ formal skills training was introduced in the FY 2009/2010 as one of the basic alternatives to
addressing the unemployment rates among the youth in Uganda.
A total of 23,395 learners registered in FY 2010/2011, in all non­ formal schools, while 18,530 were
registered in FY 2011/12. There was a gender imbalance of 53.1% in favour of females in FY 2011/12as
indicated in Table 4.14.
Table: 4.14. Enrolment by gender and group under Non­formal
FY 2010/11
FY2011/12
Group Male Female Total Male Female Total
Group 1 8,204 9,000 17,204 6,401 6,892 13,293
Group 2 2,233 2,735 4,968 1,423 1,942 3,365
Group 3 943 1,082 2,025 538 711 1,249
Group 4 337 246 583 155 141 296
Group 5 172 158 330 74 73 147
Group 6 113 78 191 55 57 112
Group 7 39 55 94 36 32 68
Total 12,041 13,354 25,395 8,682 9,848 18,530
Percentage 47.4% 52.6% 100% 46.9% 53.1% 100%
Source: EMIS 2011
ESSAPR FY 2011/12 to inform the 19 th ESSR – OCTOBER 2012
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