Education in Uganda

Partner since:
Total grant support: US$116,249,666
Grant eligibility:
- Multiplier
- System capacity
- System transformation
Coordinating agency: UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Subrata S. Dhar
Partner since:
Total grant support: US$116,249,666
Grant eligibility:
Coordinating agency: UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Subrata S. Dhar
Uganda has made progress in implementing universal primary education, yet many students do not achieve minimum levels of literacy and numeracy. Low learning levels contribute to low completion rates and many students fail to transition between grades and dropout rates are high.
The government and its partners have endorsed quality foundations for learning as the priority reform to transform Uganda’s education system. With GPE support, the country is improving learning outcomes in basic competencies, especially literacy and numeracy, for all children.
Reforms will, for example, improve access to quality pre-primary education and enhance professional development for teachers. Interventions will be designed to foster a system that better serves vulnerable groups such as girls, refugees, those with disabilities and learners from socioeconomically marginalized areas.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of government expenditure on education
(data as of February 23, 2025)
Type: Program development
Years: 2022 - 2023
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: US$197,397
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2021
Allocation: US$15,000,000
Utilization: US$14,998,918
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2018 - 2020
Allocation: US$500,000
Utilization: US$500,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2014 - 2020
Allocation: US$100,000,000
Utilization: US$98,470,076
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2013 - 2014
Allocation: US$249,717
Utilization: US$249,717
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: Program development
Years: 2013 - 2014
Allocation: US$299,949
Utilization: US$299,949
Grant agent: World Bank
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting: