Ugandan secondary schools struggling to access digital learning – report

A new UNICEF report has exposed critical gaps in Uganda’s secondary schools, showing hundreds lack the electricity, devices and internet needed to roll out digital learning.

Education Ministry officials, UNICEF representatives, school heads and other stakeholders gathered in Gulu City on Tuesday for the launch of From Unplugged to ICT-Ready, a Digital Readiness Assessment of Secondary Schools in Uganda carried out in 3,257 schools nationwide.

Ms Janet Akao, Education Officer at UNICEF Uganda, said the findings were worrying. “We found that 41% of these schools are semi-plugged,…