National Strategy for Girls’ Education (NSGE) in Uganda (2015 – 2019)

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I Inactive

Key Information

In 2000 Uganda's Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) launched a National Strategy for Girls’ Education (NSGE) as a mechanism to concretize concerns on the girl child education as provided for in the Education Sector Investment Plan (1997-2003). The design of this strategy was premised on the national desire to provide an implementation framework, laying out strategies to achieve the goal of narrowing the gender gap in education particularly through promoting girls’ education, as a form of affirmative action. The Strategy was pegged to addressing the most pressing barriers to girls’ full and equal participation in education in Uganda, clustered as social cultural factors, school related factors, political, economic as well as administrative factors. The Strategy was also to act as a plan of action highlighting the roles of different stakeholders in the sector, in joint promotion of girls’ education. The revision of the NSGE was largely prompted by emerging concerns in Uganda’s education sector in general and in girls’ education in particular. These concerns included among others; taking into consideration renewed emphasis, both nationally and internationally, on , emphasis on the quality of education, promotion of science education, skilling Uganda and the persistent barriers to girls’ education, among others.

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Uganda

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Activity URL

https://scorecard.prb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/National-Strategy-for-Girls%E2%80%99-Education-in-Uganda-2015-2019.pdf

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2000 - 2019

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Early childhood development
Other skills
  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
Quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
Skills
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas

  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Vocational

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Health and childcare services
  • Adolescent-friendly health services
Learning while working
  • Vocational training
Life skills education
  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)
Policy/legal environment
  • Advocating changes to existing laws/policies
School-related gender-based violence
  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Reduced absenteeism

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved health - other
  • Improved mental health
  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equal power in relationships
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)