Uganda is a country of about 39 million people in East Africa. The country’s higher education system is one of the oldest in the region. Makerere University was a pioneer in formal open and distance learning (ODL) in higher education.
School-age Population by Education Level1 | ||
6,417,643 | 3,419,644 | |
Secondary | Tertiary | |
|
||
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Secondary Education for the school year ending 1 |
||
n/a | n/a | |
Female | Male | |
|
||
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Tertiary Education for the school year ending 20141 |
||
4.1% | 5.6% | |
Female | Male | |
|
||
Percentage of female teachers in 1 | ||
23.7% | 28.4% | |
Secondary (2014) | Tertiary (2011) | |
|
||
1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in June 2021 |