The right to education has been globally acknowledged as an overarching right. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights decrees education as an inalienable human right (UN, 1948) upon which depends on the realization of other rights. In Uganda, the right to education is explicitly stated in the 1995 Constitution where Article 30 guarantees the right to education for all persons.
However, Uganda’s education sector continues to have challenges that hinder the attainment of quality education standards. The challenges are in the areas of; governance, management and administration leading to gaps in service delivery, learning outcomes, teacher management, competence and performance levels hindering the realization of education sector targets.
Other challenges include inadequate strategies for teacher development and management, inadequate provision of holistic early childhood care and education, inequalities in school provisioning and ineffective and uncoordinated monitoring and evaluation of education outcomes and programs. Addressing issues of access, transition, quality of education and attainment levels on one hand and strengthening education policies, on the other, can further improve educational interventions and increase national capacities.
Equipping ordinary communities with skills to engage fully with these issues as well as ensuring the outcomes of these efforts are skilled, creative and innovative youths who are fit and relevant in a wide number of contexts irrespective of their fields of study becomes key.
GCDF, will proactively prospect for resources that enable it to support and grant a variety of organizations committed to working on issues affecting children – especially those in difficult circumstances as well as on youth-related education programs.
