This study examines educational development and progress during the pre-colonial days and how it naturally led to the establishment of Western education in Uganda. It also discusses how Ugandans have struggled to use Western education with some readjustments after 1962 to solve theireconomic, political and social problems. The desire for western education continues to grow. The book looks at the sympathetic response of government, and its efforts to formulate policies and theories to fulfill its pledge to provide elementary education for all young people.

This second title in the Fountain series in Education Studies assesses the structures, role and practices of government administration in the development of education in Uganda from 1900-1970 - a period which has seen drastic changes in administrative and school set-ups, and movement towards an almost unrecognisable present-day system. Part one presents an overview; part two looks at the development of teacher training and examination institutions since 1900; part three analyses structures at the level of government ministries, district education and school authorities, and student...