The Efficiency of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: EESSA Project The Case of Uganda

There is limited research on secondary education in sub-Saharan African context that explores the keyfactors that promote efficient and effective secondary schools. What there is includes IIEP studies byLewin and Caillods (2001), and the outputs from the World Bank's Secondary Education in Africa programme that includes analysis of costs and efficiency (Lewin 2008). Knowledge gaps remain withthe risk that African governments embarking on large scale reforms in secondary education may investin ways that fail to identify the components of the system and processes that drive efficient and effectivedelivery of secondary education, and therefore which areas to prioritize investment to achieve universalaccess. This large study of secondary school efficiency and effectiveness in Uganda responds to this gapand provides evidence to inform discussions about key reforms in secondary education to improve qualityand equitable access, especially for disadvantaged groups