UN Child Rights Committee Calls for Free Pre-Primary Education in Uganda

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A teacher conducting a lesson at the private Parents' Hope Nursery and Primary School in Namayingo district. © 2022 ISER The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Uganda to significantly expand government support for early childhood education and provide free, state-run pre-primary education to all children.In its latest review of Uganda’s record on children’s rights, issued October 1, the Committee expressed concern about high numbers of children out of school due to financial barriers, and highlighted “very limited access to early…

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