On the 5th of October this year, Uganda joined the world to celebrate the international teachers’ day although the country didn’t fully celebrate simply because the president was out of the country.
Today 12th October 2021, Uganda has held the celebrations in Kololo, Kampala and this is where the Minister of education and sports, Janet Museveni has made a case for Uganda’s education system as the best yet the cheapest in the region.
“Uganda’s education system is the cheapest in the region and yet with best regional quality. The infrastructure is fairly well developed in most education institutions, thus providing a good learning environment,” Janet said.
On addition to the above, the first lady said that due to liberalization of the education sector along with Uganda’s rapid economic growth in the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of schools, both public and private, at all levels of education and the country has since then seen an influx of students seeking to study in the country.
This is also notable that most international students come from the neighboring countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Janet Museveni while making a case for the country’s education system, further said that Uganda’s education system is based on the British system and consequently similar to many other countries abroad including Britain and Malaysia among others.
“This makes the education system compatible with that of many countries, which is a strength to take advantage of. The medium of instruction at all institutions is English which is also the official language of Uganda. In addition, other language courses are offered at the institutions including German, French, Kiswahili, Chinese, and others,” she said.
The Education Minister also mentioned the fairly developed infrastructure in education institutions, system of quality assurance and assessment at all levels as other attributes that make Uganda’s education system the best in the region.
All this was in her message for the International Teachers’ day celebrations and ended by urging Uganda’s missions abroad to work with the education sector to attract investments in education in various ways.
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