Free Yet Unaffordable: The Figures Behind Low Refugee Enrolment in Kampala
In spite of the Ugandan government’s attempts to make affordable public education available to all refugees, approximately 10,000 refugee children between the ages of 6 and 13 in Kampala are not enrolled in formal primary education. A brief overview of Uganda’s policies regarding refugees and education would suggest enrolment to be far higher. Under the 2006 Refugee Act, refugees and asylum seekers have access to public and private education institutions across Uganda. Universal Primary Education and Universal Secondary Education were implemented in 1997 and 2006 respectively to lower tuition costs to make education accessible to all. With the promise of universal primary and secondary education, it is a common assumption that the 45,615 urban refugees registered in #Kampala are free to access the numerous formal education institutions found throughout the city.
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