The Uganda Atlas

Literacy rate

Literacy rates for the population aged 10 and above

Literacy rates as a measure of social performance indicate that the central region is doing much better than the other regions of the country. Opportunities for employment, better education and health care in the region have encouraged in migration contributing to the growing human population in the region. This growth in numbers is putting immense pressure on the environment to provide resources for the growing population.

Literacy rate (%)

Central Eastern Northern Western Uganda

Region

1999/2000

2002/2003

2005/2006

Source : UBOS-UNHS 2005/06

Literacy rate

Region 1999/2000 2002/2003 2005/2006 Central 77 79 80 Eastern 62 63 64 Northern 47 56 59 Western 67 74 67 Uganda 65 70 69

Region Male

Female Average

Central

18.8

24.8

21.9

Eastern

9.6

15.9

12.8

Northern

33.8

37.1

35.5

Western Uganda

11.5

13.2 17.9

12.4 19.7

21.9

Source : UBOS-UNHS 2005/06

Source: UBOS Survey 2008

NEMA 2009

Pupils of Jjanyi Primary School in Wakiso District. NEMA visited the rural UPE (Universal Primary Education) school during the Schools ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) planning activities in February 2009.

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