Education For All In Uganda

The education system in Uganda has a structure of 7 years in primary, six years of secondary education divided into four of ordinary “O’’ level and two years of advanced “A’’ level and three to five years of post-secondary education. At the final year of every level candidate sit for National examinations to select who joins the next level. The government of Uganda recognizes education as a basic human right and provides free education to children at different levels. However, due to the large population, the government has not been in a position to support all the children who need to access education. Different bodies have come up to support the children that have not gotten the chance to access free education through the government and among these is Another Hope Children’s Ministries. Another Hope Children’s Ministries through its donors has managed to help a number of children at different levels of education and in the year 2019, eight of our children were registered to sit for their final exams. Two (2) in primary, Five (5) in O level and one (1) in A level.

One of the twins who is a beneficiary of Another Hope Children’s Ministries.

Our beneficiaries are twin sisters of fifteen years who have been under the support of Another Hope Children’s Ministries from 2009 to date. Another Hope Children’s Ministries took the responsibility of paying for the twin sisters in pre-primary after knowing of the family’s sad story. Both of the parents to the twins are HIV positive and their health condition couldn’t enable them to meet the family's needs because they were always sickly. They spent little time working, the rest of the time was spent in hospital and the little income was always spent on treatment. This created a big gap in meeting the family’s basic needs and the education of children inclusive. From the time Another Hope children’s Ministries took the responsibility of paying for these twins school fees when they were in pre-primary, their hope for a brighter future was restored and now they are in the final year of Ordinary Level (S.4) and they are happy. With your, Another Hope Children’s Ministries has been able to deliver services to many more children.

Links:

• Another Hope Children's ministries website