Tarehe Sita: How UPE Has Enhanced Socio-economic Transformation of Uganda.
By Dickson Namisi.
Desmond Tutu once stated that “Universal Education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity to pave the way towards making many more nations self-sufficient and sustaining.” It was on the basis of similar thoughts that the Government of Uganda under the custodianship of H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni introduced Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme in 1997 as a permanent and fundamental change for socio-economic and political transformation of the country.
