Who accesses secondary schooling in Uganda; Was the universal secondary education policy ubiquitously effective?

Christian Kakuba, Abel Nzabona, John Bosco Asiimwe, Richard Tuyiragize, John Mushomi

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Abstract

This paper explores predictors of accessing secondary education for children in Uganda given the universal secondary education policy of 2007. This is done for; rural Uganda, Kampala and other urban areas given increasing urbanization of rural areas that assumes urban homogeneity in heterogeneous situations. We apply the logit model onto Uganda census data to predict access given individual, household and community variables. We discover that only 22% of children aged 13–18 were enrolled at secondary and that demand and supply related predictors are moderated by the socio-economic status of households to influence schooling outcomes all along the education ladder.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number102370
JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
Volume83
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Access
  • Equity
  • Schooling
  • Secondary

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