The right to education for children in Uganda: A critical analysis

Abstract

The study aims at the identification of Uganda's educational problems visa vis the right to education for children which is a legal right for all persons under Article 30 of the Constitution of Uganda 1995 and S.6 (a) of the Children Statute as a right for all children. The research is to find out if the right is enforced and if not why this is so and what measures can be taken to change the situation. This is another objective of the study. T ~ criticize the programme, find the problems associated with it, possible solutions. The study also aims at examining various laws on education like the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda -Article 30, the Children's Statute S.6(a), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 26, the International Convention on Economic, Social and cultural Rights, Article 13, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child , African Charter on Human and People's Rights and The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child as well as the Declarations on the .rights of the Child, 1924 and 1959, to find out if they are implemented in Uganda.