(3 Minutes Read)
According to the World Bank, 40% of families in Uganda are most worried about the cost of education. Top government-funded schools now charge nearly USD 700 in tuition per three-month term.
In Uganda, financial pressure is keeping millions of children out of school. The region has long had the world’s highest dropout rates, with financial struggles as the leading cause.
According to the World Bank, 40% of families in Uganda are most worried about the cost of education. Top government-funded schools now charge nearly US$700 in tuition per three-month term.
That’s a significant amount in this East African country where annual GDP per capita was USD 864 in 2023. But for hundreds of them, staying in school is a constant challenge due to rising and unpredictable tuition costs.
Read Also:
https://trendsnafrica.com/school-enrollment-in-zambia-goes-up-thanks-to-free-education-at-schools/
Its officials expect 70% of fees to be paid at the beginning of a term, but many parents fail to meet that threshold. To accommodate some parents, the school accepts in-kind payments such as vegetables and fruit, she says. School fees are a crushing issue for many across sub-Saharan Africa, where the lack of a few hundred dollars can determine a child’s future.
