• Increase remuneration for primary school teachers to UGX650,000 and UGX1,000,000 for secondary school teachers. Our goal is to invest in building a teacher work force of men and women that has confidence, pride and motivation as the frontline actors in the delivery of quality education to our Nation’s children.
• Design and implement a publicly funded school feeding programme for primary and secondary school children. This measure will be implemented in a manner that supports local production, thereby using our financial and other resources to feed our children while increasing agricultural production and creating new jobs.
• Implement a time bound programme to fast track the construction of separate latrines for female and male students and other sanitary facilities for primary schools to improve the sanitary conditions in our public schools.
• Every Ugandan student who gets admission into a tertiary institution shall be eligible for a government scholarship to cover part or full tuition as the public resources envelope expands. Any deficit in financing for tertiary or university education shall be covered through a universally accessible students loan scheme. 
• Fast tracking the construction of modern classrooms by allocating funds to build 3,500 classrooms per year, which will reduce the current classroom deficit by 17,500 within 5 years. 

To accelerate the accumulation of vocational training and skills training,the FDC led government will:

• Establish and equip 5 regional centres of excellence for Business, Technical and Vocational Training (BTVET), each with a capacity of 1,000 students per year.
• Provide every child enrolled in secondary school and BTVET training institution with a laptop computer as a strategy to enhance learning and trigger a digital revolution.
• Offer dedicated competitive financial support to private BTVET institutions to scale up enrollment and completion in areas of priority skills training. Our target is to ensure that atleast 100,000 students enroll into private BTVET facilities every year. 
• Adopt measures, including financing arrangements, to increase the number of students enrolled in science, technology and engineering courses from the 2011 level of 26% (35,847) to atleast 40 percent within 5 years.
• Our skills development programme will be buttressed by a dedicated skills development fund accessible by both the public and private sector to address the problem of demand and affordability for skills training.
  

• Funding to the sector is increased to at least 20% of the national budget 
• Policies and laws in the education sector are reviewed to pave way for the necessary education reforms which I have described above.
• Uganda’s education system gets a full revamp to ensure that schools and institutions help students to reflect on modern industry practices, have a strong focus on competency-based training methods and provide students with robust practical experience.
• A manpower plan covering all sectors is developed and implemented to ensure that we have the manpower required at all levels (certificate,diploma, degree) and in all sectors. 
• Teachers’ salaries are reviewed to encourage more people to join the profession but also motivate teachers to achieve quality products 
• Complete retooling and upgrading of teachers at all levels is done 
• More teachers at all levels of education are recruited to improve the teacher to student ratio 
• Specialized teacher training institutions are set up so that the country can have good quality teachers 
• Overloading students is minimized by making it illegal for students in primary and secondary schools to study on Saturday and Sunday and at the same time prescribe the maximum number of hours per day for the various classes in schools 
• Vocational and technical institutions get an enabling environment like infrastructure including laboratories and workshops 
• More community vocational and technical colleges/ institutes are established to impart skills to the majority of the rural population 
• Government provides at least 90% of primary education, 80% of ordinary level secondary education, at most 50% vocational/ technical and high school education and 30% of University education. This will succeed with wide awareness across the country.
• ICT is compulsory subject in all education institutions and at all levels since it’s a key enabler for education and world of work 
• A community based ICT education programme is institutionalised in all community schools aimed at imparting ICT skills to the citizens
• All educational institutions put in place the required infrastructure necessary for what they are teaching so that students leave institutions with the required skills
• Minimum standards at all levels of education are enforced for both private and public institutions to assure quality education 
• Educational loans are provided to higher education students including continuing students for the whole period of study to enable them complete their studies
• Funds for a National Research Foundation are provided to support research and innovation in priority areas of the Ugandan economy.
• All higher education institutions are supported to engage in graduate training especially at doctoral level.
• Sports is developed, promoted and supported in all educational institutions and all sports facilities across the country are upgraded to acceptable standards. Specifically sports is going to be made compulsory in primary and secondary schools so that in addition to nurturing talent, the students become physically fit and establish among them the culture of continuous fitness exercises for the rest of their lives; Sports facilities are going to be made a requirement in all higher education institutions; and my government shall ensure that all communities across the country have the required sports facilities.
• Provision of lunch is made compulsory in all schools and parents are encouraged to cost share in the provision of lunch in primary schools. Like the old adage goes, a health mind can only be found in a healthy body.

• Our government will aim to increase the Education budget from 14% to 20% of the national budget. This is in line with the goals we as a country endorsed at the Dakar World Forum for Education 2000.
• We undertake to recruit and train new teachers coupled with restructuring of their remuneration with the aim of reducing the teacher-student ratio. 
• We will introduce and implement integrated technical and vocational training programmes in Teacher Training Colleges in order to facilitate the same in all government-aided secondary schools.
• Our government will demand an overhaul of the current curriculum for all formal schooling up to tertiary level. We shall discuss and agree upon the desired outcomes we seek at each stage of education. Our aim is to have an educated citizen who is confident and self-aware, has ethical integrity, is responsible to and for family and his or her community, and is innovative. He or she should be devoted to and understanding of Uganda, her people and her needs. 
• We shall build more schools and classrooms in order to reduce our student-classroom ratio from 120-150:1 to 35-40:1. These new schools will be built to replace all schools that do not meet the required standards. 
• We will ensure that each sub-region will have at least one university and vocational institute. 
• We will increase capitation grants to realistic levels for both Government and Private schools that are in Public Private Partnerships. 
• Develop and implement a specialised ICT Primary and Post-Primary teacher training program with digitalised education skills in order to roll out an internet-supported curriculum. The goal is to implement a new school curriculum which is responsive to ICT knowledge and the informationbased economy of the 21st century. 
• Strengthen monitoring, supervision and inspection of schools by empowering the District Education Officers’ and School Inspectors’ mandate in each district to include annual performance appraisals of all Headteachers. 
• Adjust our collective mind-set through scientific and technological advances and encourage innovation. 
• We undertake to study, together with parents, community leaders, civil society and our development partners, the causes of the alarming drop-out rates of young girls in primary school, and thereafter seek remedies to reverse this dangerous trend. 
• We shall increase funding for business, technical and vocational education institutes to allow them to pay their instructors more and acquire the necessary educational aids and other materials, and also to invest in increasing internships and other opportunities for industrial training. 
• We believe that the role of Uganda National Examination Board is very important. We aim to re-organise this body in order to promote efficiency and transparency in its operations. 
• We undertake to work with civil society and the international community to find ways in which parents and guardians can contribute to the full implementation of UPE by providing food, uniforms and transport for their children. Without this support, it is impossible for government alone to meet out Education For All goals. 
• We will prioritise adult literacy and increase programs by implementing existing policy at Sub-County level and work primarily through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. 
• We shall spearhead the renaissance and restore the glory of our historic schools. Some examples are Sir Samuel Baker School, St. Joseph’s Ombaci, Ntare School, Tororo Girls, Mutorere S.S, Kangole Girls, Kigezi High, Busoga College Mwiri and others. These used to be the pride of Uganda’s regions and sub-regions. Having Ugandans access quality education in all parts of the country will enable young people to be exposed to our diverse cultures and will enhance the national integration process. 

• Develop a pre-primary education policy with a curriculum that has set standards and includes basic ICT Skills. 
• Institutionalize and provide adequate support for training of nursery caregivers and teachers in our Teacher Training Colleges. 
• Gradually introduce nursery sections in all government-aided primary schools. 
• Support and strengthen partnerships with the private sector to ensure quality education at pre-primary level. 

• Categorize all schools and institutions in the country under the following categories.
  - Public schools/ institutions where government has hundred percent responsibility.
  - Private schools/ institutions where private investors / individuals or companies have major responsibility.
  - Mission Schools/Institutions where Religious or non- profit organizations have major responsibility.
• Establish a school grading system based on infrastructure and staffing levels to determine the level of affirmative action between different levels and a basis for national school improvement programme.
• Establish a National schools security policy to be adopted and implemented by all schools to ensure safety of students and staff and the protection of school property.
• Strengthen the Inspectorate of schools both at the region and District levels to monitor the performance of each school and provide technical support where necessary.
• Strengthen the support system available to each school through the increased involvement of PTAs, alumni, students’ councils.

• Reduce the school calendar from 253 days to 200 days to provide for time for the students to benefit from other centers of learning including family, community, cinema and internet.
• Reduce the school day: P1 to P3 8.00am to 1.00pm, P4 to P5 8.00am to 2.00pm, P6 to P7 8.00am to 3.00pm
• Six years as the mandatory age to start primary one

• Increase the budgetary allocation to education to a level 20% of the national budget for 5 years. Establish a school complementary fund to supplement the efforts of mission and private schools. The amount of funding to each school will depend on the level of enrollments, grade, and individual school investment.
• Create a tertiary education fund to be available proportionate to the numbers of students and relevancy of the courses offered by each institution.
• Decentralize the Government bursary scheme to the regions and divide bursaries proportionate to the number of students per region and performance.
• Encourage establishments of student credit bureau which can access government guarantee bonds to significantly increase the loan amounts available to tertiary students.
• Construct more classrooms to cater for both the primary and secondary schools. Establish a grade-A government secondary school per Sub County to ensure access to quality education throughout the country.

• Review the teachers’ salaries within the entire salary structure review of public service. And through the enactment of a minimum wage Act.
• Institute a performance based bonus determined on the basis of improvement in student performance and outstanding contributions to the education sector.
• Institute a national progamme of upgrading of teacher skills to minimum level of a Bachelor of education.

• Establish compulsory school attendance for all children between age of 6 and 18.
• Heavy punishments for men and families who persuade the girl child out of school by way of impregnating or forcing them into early marriages.
• Re-in state and strengthen student assessment process between grade years to ensure that students attain minimum proficiency standards before advancing to higher classes.
• Establish a knowledge /technology transfer programme as a means for deliberately accessing appropriate knowledge and technologies from specific countries and institutions outside Uganda. Selected students will be sponsored for specific courses by government and bounded for an appropriate period to work for government and its associated institutions on return.
• Establish a National library system to cover the entire country and allow the citizenry including students to access knowledge and information easily. Each district depending on the population will have a well stoked library covering all subjects.
• Change the school curriculum to exclude unwanted subjects and areas of study which brain wash our students e.g. the white men who discovered the source of the Nile.
• Avail Special training for special students and special subjects.
• Encourage indigenous languages in lower classes as a means of improving the capacity for our students to think and innovate and as a way of preserving cultural values.
• Put in place a school feeding programme for all primary and secondary schools.
• Our government will take care of school uniform including shoes and avail a laptop per student from primary four.

• Carry out a Needs assessment exercise both nationally and within the region to determine the employment needs of the private and public sectors and train accordingly.
• Institute a compulsory vocational training for all ‘O’ and ‘A’ level school leavers. This is important to ensure that our young people are not only educated but leave school with necessary skills needed for economic growth.

• Review the salaries of Lecturer within the entire salary structure review of public service to ensure that our people are paid a living wage and remain competitive in the region. Through the enactment of a minimum wage Act ensure that lecturers in private institutions are paid appropriately.
• Through the national council of higher education regulate and ensure quality education for all institutions of higher learning.
• Our government will full responsibility of all public institutions and avail financial support to all private institutions through annual grants based on the enrolment, priority courses and performance.
• Continue with the affirmative action towards the girl child as a means of emancipating the Ugandan women.

Primary sector

• Continue implementing the policy of having a primary school per parish to reduce on the average walking distances to school for pupils and further bring education nearer to the population. In line with this policy Government will accept to take over community schools if the communities willingly offer them. 
• Continue with construction of classrooms to meet the targets of 50:1 pupil classroom and teacher-pupil ratios. 
• Continue with the construction of teachers’ houses to improve their welfare. We will start with houses for head teachers and senior women teachers beforegradually spreading out to cover other teaching staff. In the meantime, Local Governments will be advised to post teachers near their homes, where possible so that they stay in their private homes and are not burdened with rent as we increase the stock of teachers’ houses.
• Continue to increase the budget allocation to text books and scholastic materials with the view to reduce the pupil-text book ratio in line with the set standards. 
• One of the challenges affecting the quality of primary school education is inadequate inspection. Inspection at that level is a responsibility of local governments.
• In order to strengthen inspection in schools and training institutions, we will establish a semi-autonomous body in charge of inspecting schools. The new body will have powers to compel district officials to take action on its reports and if they fail, Government will act on them. 
• Introducing the continuous assessment examination system at primary education level and integrating the results in the final marks. 
• Increasing community participation in the affairs of the schools in their respective areas and report problems to Resident District Commissioners (RDCs) regarding teacher absenteeism and cases of sending away children from school for not paying contributions agreed upon by the Parent’s and Teachers’ Associations (PTAs). It’s illegal to send away pupils whose parents haven’t paid contributions agreed upon at school. 
• We will continue sensitising parents on feeding their children and providing uniforms. 
• Gradually increase the teachers’ pay to competitive levels to enhance professional commitment and morale. Their will progressively grow over the years until increments accumulate to 50% pay rise from the initial hike in.
• The NRM Government will offer free sanitary pads to address the school dropout rate of girls. 
• Working with women councils, community development officers and sub-county chiefs, we will sensitise the parents on the dangers of marrying off girls when they are still young.

Secondary sector

• Continue with the policy of establishing a government secondary school in every sub-county. In line with this policy Government will accept to take over community schools if the communities willingly offer them.
• Increase access through construction of more classrooms. 
• Build teachers’ houses.
• Improve student-teacher and student-text book/scholastic material ratios in order to further improve the quality of secondary education. 
• Continue with implementation of model schools in various regions of the country to enhance equity in delivery of higher and tertiary education. 
• Introduce the continuous assessment examination system at secondary school level.
• Recruit secondary school teachers to meet the increasing demand. 
• Strengthen basic learning techniques that prepare one for career formation.
• Strengthen soft skills, which promote self-esteem, conscientiousness and a generally positive attitude to work.
• Strengthen early talent identification and nurturing. 
• Provide free scholastic materials such as mathematical geometry sets, exercise books, pens and pencils.
• Promote e-learning and computer literacy in order to enhance learning outcomes.
• The NRM Government will offer free sanitary pads to address the school dropout rate of girls.

Business, Technical & Vocational Training

Formal

• Continue with the programme of establishing technical and vocational institutes in each constituency but initially starting with districts. So far 70 districts have benefitted from the programme and 32 will be covered. In addition, we will rehabilitate and equip BTVET institutions. 
• We will increase the participation of women and the disadvantaged persons such as PWDs in BTVET skills development programmes.
• We will increase international certification, particularly in such areas as oil, gas, industrial machinery, transport and other technicians’ certification. 
• Institutionalise internship and apprenticeship, with the view to increase exposure of the up-coming labour (students) to work systems and practices. Furthermore, we will promote collaboration between BTVET institutions and the private sector to facilitate imparting of practical knowledge and skills in the students. 
• Establish a skills development agency to enhance our focus on posteducation and training skills that are critical for improved productivity. 
• Promote and establish regional centres of excellence among BTVET institutions to ensure production of a critical mass of relevant technical skills. 
• Review the BTVET curriculum to ensure that the technical institutions in the country produce technicians who meet the increasing requirements of various sectors of the economy.

Informal

• The Uganda Vocational Qualifications Framework for 60 occupations will be expanded from the current level five to eight. 
• The Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) will be restructured in order to facilitate the implementation of an Accreditation, Assessment and Certification Programme (AACP). This programme will ensure that Ugandans, especially the youth, attain international standards/qualifications, which will reduce unemployment. 
• In order to enhance inclusiveness, with regard to skills delivery, certification, assessment and certification process of the trainee beneficiaries will emphasise the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

University & Tertiary 

• Unemployed graduates lacking the requisite vocational/market skills will be retrained and re-tooled to fit into the existing job market requirements. 
• Emphasis will be placed on supporting training of courses whose graduates are currently needed by the local job market. 
• A special programme will be set up to rehabilitate, expand and equip lecture rooms at public universities and other tertiary institutions to cater for the increasing numbers of students. 
• Open Soroti University. This will bring the number of public universities to seven, which is an indication of the NRM Government’s commitment to providing university education to the people. 
• We will introduce centres of excellence for technical and vocational training for post-secondary and tertiary students to enable production of a critical mass of high quality technicians that continue to be on great demand in the economy. 
• The capacity for teaching science and technology will be enhanced through rehabilitation and expansion of Science Technology Innovation (STI) learning facilities in eight institutions: Makerere University, Kyambogo University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Gulu University, Busitema University, Muni University, Uganda Management Institute and Makerere University Business School. 
• We will increase capitation grants with a view to improving the quality of tertiary education.
• Start a Constituent College of Busitema University in Karamoja. 
• We will support universities to effectively collaborate with the private sector in research and development work aimed at creating new technological innovations and products. In this regard, universities will be supported to establish and maintain incubation facilities for PhD graduates with promising science and technological innovations. Successful innovations will be provided with seed capital in form of affordable loans and grants so as to establish private companies for commercialisation of their inventions. For proper implementation of this programme, universities will also be supported to specialise in particular disciplines. 
• The National Council for Higher Education will be strengthened and empowered through increased funding and staffing to improve inspection and supervision of universities and other higher institutions of learning. 
• Operationalise the legal requirement for accountability for non-tax revenue collected by universities and other tertiary institutions. 
• A framework will be put in place for supporting the development and commercialisation of innovations, especially those from education and training institutions.