Secondary Education in Uganda: Resource Mobilization and Efficiency

Abstract

Over the years, scholars and researchers alike have evaluated the basic components of quality secondary education. This has been the case in Uganda and other countries. Success on such an undertaking requires that countries will have to confront the resource requirements for maintaining growth and expansion trends in secondary education. Uganda as a developing country is faced with limited educational resources and a concerted effort from all stake holders must be put in place to mobilize the required resources to improve efficiency of this sector. Such would allow schools operate with minimum difficulty and realise the objectives of secondary education. Adequate resources have been not mobilized to allow secondary schools in Uganda fully realize governments’ existing plans for secondary education. The limited available resources are competed for with other demands in the public sector; making it difficult for the government to mobilize additional resources to make secondary education efficient.  Additionally, challenges related to increased access to education, financing, increased refuge population, teacher supply and resource allocation all limit efficiency of secondary schools in Uganda. Also, the secondary education curriculum has been said to be outdated, irrelevant, or poorly implemented and this reduces efficiency of secondary education.  Without practical steps to improve efficiency in terms of quality and relevance, secondary education is likely to consume vast amounts of resources without leading to the hoped benefits of improved social and economic development. This paper illumines secondary school resources in Uganda, how such have been put to use and how this has not realised the desired levels of efficiency. This could be attributed to unsatisfactory resource mobilization strategies. The stakeholders need to step up their resource mobilization strategies. Alternative sources of funding such as engaging in income generating activities will provide desired finances and certainly improve the efficiency of the sector.

Keywords: Secondary, education, Resource, mobilization, efficiency

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-20-10

Publication date:July 31^st 2019