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Uganda Primary Education

All You need to know about Uganda Primary Education/Universal Primary Education

Little is know about Uganda primary education and that is why we have come up with this page to shade some light to those who are interested in knowing how a common man's kid is struggling to study along side with other problems of child growth.

I hope we will not bore you because on this page we want to show you how Primary education is conducted in Uganda and some of us have studies in Uganda for most of our education.We don't know you but we would like you to compare our primary education with your.

Nursery Schooling

There is pre- primary or nursary education in Uganda but very few children attend it because many parents can not afford the cost.. There is no direct government control or provision at the at pre-school level. There is also a limited number of teachers available especially in villages and very rural areas. Nursery schooling is there fore not seen as being very important.

Uganda primary education starts at around age 7 though a lot of children never get to start on time due to various reasons like illness, lack of schools, or some times their parents will ask them to stay to home and help with work in the house or at the farm.

Some times children have to work to earn money to pay their schools fee if their parents can not afford fee. Many times if a family have many children, very few will be able to go to school. And you know that African value wealth in How many kids one has.

Uganda primary education in Uganda is very formal and teachers are highly respected by the pupils and other members of the community. Most children want to go to school and value their education very much although some end up without seeing the blackboard because of some unavoidable circumstances.

In most places Children have to walk to schools some times for up to 5 or 6 miles to school and then back. Some city schools have private means of transporting their children but these are few as most people in Uganda Primary education live in rural areas.

School Buildings in Villages

The school buildings especially in the villages are mainly bungalows with concrete floors and corrugated iron roofs.

The school day starts between 7:00am and 8:00 am and the children are all expected to get there in time. Children are expected to be clean and tidy and they also have to ensure that the classes and school compound is clean.

There are 3 school terms in Uganda named First term, Second term and Third term which is when students sit their exams to end the year before they go on to another class.

A school term lasts for about 3 months followed by about 3 weeks break, though the third term break is the longest and that is when most families go on holiday.

The school year in Uganda primary education begins in February and ends in December every year.

In Primary schools, children learn Maths, English, Social studies and Science. There are a number of practical skill programs in music, art and agriculture which most Children are taught .

When they get to secondary school then they are introduced to more subjects normally 12 different ones.

Class sizes in Uganda Primary schools

All pupils must wear a school uniform with a badge showing the name of their school. Different schools will have different colour and different styles of uniforms.

The boys will normally wear a shirt and a pair of shorts and the girls will wear a dress.

Most children in the rural schools do not wear shoes, they walk on bare feet and can even be seen playing football and other games with no shoes.

The class sizes in Uganda and between 40 to 80 and children sit on work benches with a table in the middle if the are lucky. Some schools do not have benches and tables so the pupils have to sit and write on the floor.