Education for All in the Conflict Zones of Uganda: Opportunities, Challenges and a Way Forward

During the last two decades, Uganda has made enormous strides in providing the benefits of protection and development to its children. The initiation of a UPE system which makes basic education available to children from all walks of life as well as the development of effective strategies to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS have been models for the developing world. At the same time, conditions of armed conflict in isolated areas, most notably the north and east, have created exceptionally difficult conditions in these regions, hampering equal access to the benefits of education, health and economic opportunity.