Analysis of Trends in Secondary School Education Enrolment and Performance for selected Rural Schools in North-Eastern Uganda

Globally, Governments have prioritized providing education opportunities for developing their human capital and ensuring having literate and competitive citizens. This is also the case in Uganda, where the education system pro-gresses from Pre-Primary to Primary (seven years) to Secondary (four years) to Higher School (Two years) and to Universities and other Tertiary education institutions. This paper analyses trends in enrolment of students in select-ed secondary rural schools in North-Eastern Uganda. While there has been massive increase in primary education enrolment, secondary school education enrolment remains dyscimally low in the rural schools with girls recording significantly lower numbers. Moreover, the rural secondary schools record very low or poor academic performance in comparison to in other regions and urban schools. Therefore, policy interventions are needed, to a) reduce the dropout rate at primary school education level, b) increase and expand access to secondary school education in rural areas, c) promote girl education, and d) improve academic performance in rural schools so that the children progress to higher school education and other tertiary education opportunities. Key words. Enrolment, Secondary Schools, Uganda