04 Apr Building Uganda’s Prosperity Through Free Pre-Primary Education
Three recent independent reports have made a compelling case for Uganda to invest in pre-primary education. In June 2024, the Initiative for Economic and Social Rights (ISER) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a study on access to pre-primary education (or nursery) in Uganda, based on interviews with over 100 parents, teachers, children, and education officials around the country. The groups found that without access to government-funded nursery, the cost of pre-primary education is an insurmountable barrier for most Ugandan families. The result includes poorer performance in primary school, higher repetition and drop-out rates, and widening income inequality. Read more.