Uganda
Programme contact
Amy Bellinger
Head of International Education
+44 20 3116
0814
amybellinger
@arkonline.org
Improving children's life chances through affordable high quality secondary education in Uganda
79% of secondary school-aged children are not enrolled
at secondary school
21,500 children will be educated at 10 new ARK-supported secondary schools over 10 years
Our vision is to improve children's life chances in Uganda
through affordable, high quality secondary education.
A high quality secondary school education transforms a child's
life chances in Africa. This is especially true for girls, for whom
every extra year of secondary school adds 15 to 25% to future
earnings, lowers the risks of HIV infection, leads to fewer
unwanted pregnancies and minimises their risk of suffering infant
mortality. Read more about the impact of education on young girls in
numbers.
Despite great strides in achieving universal primary education, many countries in Africa have had little investment in secondary education, with too many children leaving school with only very basic knowledge.
Working with NGO Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS), our innovative new project in Uganda will operate within the government's pioneering public-private partnership policy which encourages collaboration between non-state organisations and the government to deliver universal secondary education.
Launched with two schools in February 2012, this is our first education programme in Africa. We will use our experience from this project to improve secondary education more widely in Uganda and across East Africa.