One noticeable anomaly in the Makerere University and Makerere University Business School (Mubs) lists, which between them account for nearly half of the total government scholarships, was the absence of northern Ugandan schools. Eastern Uganda is represented by but only a sprinkling, leaving the majority to schools from the central region, followed by western Uganda. In many development indicators these days, northern Uganda tends to lag behind, closely followed by eastern Uganda. The poor performance of schools from northern and eastern Uganda relative to their counterparts in the central and western regions is also reflected at Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) levels. The obvious and plausible explanation is that northern Uganda and, to a lesser extent, eastern Uganda experienced war and insecurity for almost 20 years.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 09, 2017 23:37 UTC