Democratic Education Only for Some: Secondary Schooling in Northern Uganda

Abstract

This article analyzes the effects of the political, social and cultural contexts of secondary education in northern Uganda. Specifically, the authors examine interactions between several factors with the schooling system, including  post-colonial curriculum,  centralized examination system,  several decades of war and instability,  poverty, and  intra-national and inter-tribal prejudice and discrimination.Informing the analysis is the fact that Uganda is a democracy and thus has certain democratic responsibilities to its children and students. To explore these issues, the lenses of democratic theory and critical theory are employed.

Knowledge and attitudes of doctors towards e-health use in healthcare delivery in government and private hospitals in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

“…Northern Uganda has experienced war and armed conflict starting 1987 to 2006 [ 16 ]. The war resulted in serious social, economic and health problems; health infrastructures were destroyed, and the region experienced major disease outbreaks that included Ebola, Hepatitis E and Nodding Syndrome.…”