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Uganda Educational Finance
In the mid-1980s, the educational sector was the
largest
public-sector employer, but after 1986, observers
estimated that
the defense establishment surpassed education in this
regard. The
Ministry of Education received about 18 percent of the
government's current budget, most of which was used to pay
teacher salaries in government schools. Primary and
secondary
pupils paid school fees ranging from US$5 to US$10 per
year, and
most schools asked pupils and their parents to contribute
labor,
food, or materials to the school. "A-level" secondary
schools,
teacher training institutions, and other postsecondary
institutions did not charge fees during the 1980s, but
their
students were required to bring materials, such as food
and
bedding, for their own use.
Data as of December 1990
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