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Uganda: Promoting Equality in African Schools (Learning World S4E4, 1/3)

4,080 views · Published 25 October 2013 · 2:42 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: WISE Channel · 2013 · Education

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WISE, the annual World Innovation Summit for Education held in Doha, brings together thousands of education professionals to discuss developments and new ideas, and to award projects of outstanding merit.

One winning project is PEAS in Uganda. Although primary schools are universal in Uganda, in rural areas there are only secondary school places for around 20% of children. And funding for State schools is difficult. The English NGO "PEAS" (Promoting Equality in African Schools) was founded in 2002 and is working hard to help solve the problem.

The government contributes around 20 euros per term for each student, and PEAS schools use the Ugandan curriculum, adding classes in entrepreneurship, agriculture and citizenship.

In the last decade PEAS has founded 21 secondary schools in Uganda and one in Zambia. They are funded by the government's 20 euro subsidy plus tuition fees, plus money they make -- by selling agricultural products, for example. In every school, half of all places are reserved for girls, who have traditionally not had much access to education in sub-Saharan Africa.

PEAS aims to create 100,000 secondary school places in Uganda by 2017. As a WISE award winner, PEAS receives 20,000 US dollars as do all the other winners.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.peas.org.uk/about-us/peas-uganda

Find out about other WISE Awards winners:
ALISON http://youtu.be/nPmW1q2WWkM
MEDERSAT http://youtu.be/qI41KLWjqh4


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