UWEZO commences education evaluation survey in Kibuku

By Deo Wasswa

The Uwezo education assessment survey 2018 has kicked off with training young men and women who are going to carry out the exercise as volunteers between Friday 20th and 21st October in both schools and households across 32 districts in the country.

The objectives of the assessment include is finding out when children go to school every day, whether they are receiving foundational and numeracy skills that are required for them to thrive and continue as they progress through their education journey.

According to, Nasereka Farida, senior programs officer Uwezo, despite efforts being put in place to ensure that the quality education is provided to children in Uganda, there is one key question we keep asking while carrying out this exercise; whether the children  are learning and prepared to solve problems in society.

Nasereka made the remarks during the training of 60 volunteers who are going to carry out the assessment exercise in Kibuku district in eastern part of Uganda.

The exercise will cover children between 6 -16 years and will be asked questions of primary two level.

The exercise will also look at economic issues to help them understand the environment in which the children  live and how that environment aids their education .

The exercise will involve 1920 volunteers in 32 districts and 30 selected schools and 20 households will be assessed in each district.

Kibuku district has five government secondary schools and 11 private secondary schools where students are sitting their final exams in at all levels of education.