UNICEF has collaborated with the Government of Uganda to implement Climate-resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) improvement interventions in schools across Karamoja subregion districts and West Nile refugee-hosting districts across the country.
This module provides basic information needed for self help or support to other people within the Education sector.
This handbook has been developed to guide teachers to improve both their personal mental wellbeing and that of other people within the learning institutions especially learners to use the wellbeing booklets to build their life skills.
The main objective of the MHPSS training manual is to standardize all efforts to build the capacity of school staff in integration of mental health and psychosocial support including early identification, offering appropriate basic support and linkage to other specialized service providers.
The Menstrual Health (MH) guidelines are intended to aid provision of a supportive school environment that will provide comfort while at school during menstruation, improve school performance, reduce absenteeism and dropout rates attributable to menstruation.
Currently, the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) follows the Revised Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Teenage Pregnancy in School Settings.
This policy brief highlights and examines the existing legal, policy and institutional frameworks and practices on access to continued learning by pregnant girls and adolescent mothers as part of the Adolescent Mothers’ Education Initiative (AMEI).
School re-entry for pregnant girls and young mothers is increasingly recognized by African governments as a critical measure to improve the education of marginalized adolescents and mitigate school pushout.
It is established globally that girls encounter a myriad of problems at each age and every stage of their journey in education.
Early marriage and pregnancy hinder global commitment to attain gender parity in education. This article discusses educational challenges experienced by parenting college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.