“We can change the policy on free education,” says President Museveni

Museveni Urges Review of Parents’ Ability to Pay School Fees, Hints at Free Education Policy Shift

Kikuube District  — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged leaders across Uganda to critically assess whether families in their communities are financially capable of paying school fees, as the government considers a possible revision of its universal free education policy. Speaking at a Thanksgiving ceremony for Minister of State for Public Service Hon. Grace Mary Mugasa in Kisaaru-Kyabayanja village, Kabwoya Sub-county, Kikuube District, t…

“We can change the policy on free education,” says President Museveni

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon leaders at all levels to assess and determine whether parents in their communities are financially capable of paying school fees to enable the government to revise its policy on free education. “The question to you, the leaders, whether political, religious, or cultural, is whether those people you see in the villages can afford school fees. You should answer that. The NRM observed that they could…