Within the Education Statistical Abstract 2001 published by the Ministry of Education and Sports of Uganda, details of the education system in terms of the number of pupils, by gender, schools and teachers are provided from 1963 through to 2001. The only year, over this thirty-eight year period for which there are no figures is 1969 and some of the earlier years do have missing data. All of the figures used in the analysis are drawn directly from the Education Statistical Abstract 2001 and are provided in a table at the end of this publication. In 1997 the Government of Uganda launched the Universal Primary Education (UPE) program. This publication aims to provide a quick overview of the changes in the education system, highlighting the remarked impact pf the UPE program on the number of schools, teachers and pupils.