Access to Boarding Secondary Schools in Uganda: the Extent of the Exacerbation of Social Inequalities

In 2007, Uganda became one of the first countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to implement universal secondary education. This increased access, but in 2010, 70% of secondary schools were privately owned and 41% of public schools were boarding schools. Boarding schools have a good reputation in Uganda for...

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Main Authors: Christian Kakuba (Author), Marc Pilon (Author)
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Published: Les éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'Homme, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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