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After five years, free universal secondary education in Uganda has improved attendance for poor students and girls, but quality problems remain

by Richard M Kavuma

Headteacher David Wanyama sums up his assessment of Uganda’s five-year-old free universal secondary education as “three major achievements and five grave challenges”.

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