Census Analytical Report - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The 2002 Population and Housing Census6.2.3 Pupils with Special NeedsThe 2002 Census collected information on the disability status of all persons. Table6.4 shows that just over two percent of the children who were enrolled in primaryschool had a disability.Table 6.4: Distribution of Pupils (6 years and above) in PrimarySchools by Disability Status and SexDisability Status Male Female TotalWithout a disability 97.6 98.1 97.9With a disability 2.4 1.8 2.2Total 100 100 1006.2.4 Distance to the Nearest Primary SchoolTable 6.5 shows that 83 percent of the households in urban areas were within onekilometre distance from the nearest primary school compared to 46 percent in therural areas. At the national level, 8 percent of the households were more than 5kilometres from the nearest school.Table 6.5: Distance to Nearest SchoolDistance Urban Rural TotalLess than 1/2km 44.3 15.5 19.51/2 - < 1km 38.4 30.1 31.21- 5 kms 16.2 45.8 41.7More than 5 kms 1.2 8.6 7.6Total 100 100 1006.3 Secondary School EnrolmentThe official secondary school going age is 13 to 18 years. There were about 500,000enrolled in secondary schools. Government is committed to introducing USE which isin line with the MDG target of Universal Secondary Education (USE) by 2015.There was awide sexdifferential insecondaryeducation6.3.1 Gross Enrolment RateTable 6.6 shows that the national Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) for secondary schoolwas 34 percent, with the male GER being higher at 38 percent as compared to 30percent for the females. This signifies a low participation in secondary education forboth males and females. These rates are higher than those from the 1991 Census,which gave a national figure of 17 percent. The Central region had the highest GER(44) followed by Eastern region (35) and Western region having the lowest of 2760