| dc.description.abstract | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Ministry of education and sports gathers information annually in a census exercise that covers all Education levels (Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary, Post-primary, Non-formal and Tertiary). In the same vain, data on schools was collected during ASC 2010, and analyzed. In addition, data on children's performances obtained from UNEB was also compiled as indicated in the findings. The summary of key findings from the 2010 Education statistics presented by subsector as follows;
a) Pre-Primary Schools
A total of 6,579 ECD centers were mapped during the baseline census exercise carried out in 2010. The total enrolment of 498,644 was registered in nursery/community based/home based ECD centers with a female enrolment share of over 50.7%, whereas a total of 9,246 infants
were registered in day care centers with a female share of 46.8%.
The teachers/caregivers' base tallied to 19,844 (83.1% female share) and 834 (80.3% female
share) for nursery/community/home based centers and day care centers respectively. With regard to quality indicators in pre-primary education, a PTR of 25 and 11 was registered for nursery/community/home based centers and day care centers respectively with the north eastern region having the worst performance of 79 and 489 in each case respectively. An overall PCR of 50 was registered national wide still with the north eastern region having the worst performance of 1,596.
b) Primary Schools
. There were 17,865 primary schools (12,576 Government Aided and 5,289 Non Government) that responded to the 2010 ASC.
The overall enrolment in all primary schools was 8,374,648 (4,179,248 males and 4,195,400 females). This is indicative that the gender parity gap experienced a turnaround with females having a slightly higher share of 50.1%. Government aided schools registered a total enrolment of 7.171.690 (3.583.383 males and 3,588,307 females).
A total of 172,403 teachers (101,879 males and 70,524 females) were registered in all
primary schools, with a gender imbalance of 59.1% in favor of male teachers. Government
aided schools registered 126,448 teachers (76,314 males and 50,134 females). With regard to convenience in class sitting, a total of 5,561,194 pupils had adequate sitting and writing space giving a proportion of 66.4% of the total enrolment at national level. The north eastern region had the smallest proportion of pupils with adequate sitting and
writing space with only 44.7%. Despite the policy of automatic promotion in primary schools, a repetition rate of 10.85% was registered, with the rate being highest in the northern region at 16.85%.
c) Secondary Schools
There were 3,234 secondary schools (996 Government Aided and 2,238 Non Government) that responded to the 2010 ASC. Out of these, a student enrolment of 1,225,692 students (654,971 males and 570,721 females) was registered, while government aided schools had a composition of 585,798 students (324,448 males and 261,350 females).
Nationally, the entire teachers base in all secondary schools tallied to 62,921 (48,486 males
and 14,435 females), making the student teacher ratio at 19. Out of the total enrolment, a total of 1,133,032 students had adequate sitting and writing space (a proportion of 92.4% of total enrolment) with the north eastern region having the smallest proportion of 81.6%.
d) Post Primary Schools
A total of 139 post primary institutions responded to the 2010 ASC (a response rate of 80%), with 89% government aided institutions. A total enrolment of 39,250 (92.5% in government institutions) was registered in all post
primary institutions with a boy to girl ration of 7:3. A total of 3,170 instructors were registered in all the institutions which translate to a student instructor ratio of 12. An implication that nationally each 12 students in post- primary are attended to by one instructor.
e) Non Formal Schools
A total of 394 non formal training centers (all of which are government aided) were mapped during the 2010 ASC with 51.8% of these founded by the government, 32.7% community founded, 14.7% NGO founded while 0.8% were founded by unknown bodies.
With regard to school funding, the highest percentage of non formal learning centers were being funded by the government (over 77% ). NGO funded schools comprised 21% of the total while community funded schools were 1%, with the remaining 1% of the schools' funding status unknown.
A total of 38,249 learners were registered in all non formal schools, with a gender imbalance of 52.9% in favor of girls
The teachers' base in non formal schools comprised 785 teachers (459 male and 326
female). These gave a pupil teacher ratio of 49. On average one toilet/latrine stance was used by 76 learners (Pupil Stance Ration; 76:1).
f) Tertiary Institutions (Degree and Non Degree Awarding)
A total of 181 tertiary institutions were mapped for the academic year 2009/2010 out of which 130 (71.8%) were privately managed while the rest were government aided institutions.
A total enrolment of 174,375 students (98,062 males and 76,313 females) was registered in
all tertiary institutions across the country with a gender imbalance of 56% in favor of male
students.
Ugandan nationals comprised a total of 146,916 students (88,495 males and 63,792 females) a percentage composition of 91%.
A total of 7,871 instructors/lecturers were registered with a gender imbalance of 60.7% in favor of males. With regard to distribution of these by qualification, majority 30.5% had diplomas followed by the masters' degree holders at 27.8%. Bachelor degree holders constituted 24.8% and these ranked third followed by PHDs at 8.5%. Other qualifications were certificates at 5.3% and post graduate diplomas at 3.1%.
Full time teachers totaled to 3,358 (2,577 males and 769 females) a composition of only 42.7% of the tertiary teacher base.
The ratio of Student to instructors/Lecturer in tertiary institutions was 21:1. | en_US |
