Uganda School Health and Reading Program

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The USAID-funded Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP) supports the Government of Uganda to improve the reading skills of 3.1 million Ugandan children and provides HIV/AIDS prevention education for more than 500,000 learners. Integrated into this multi-sectoral program is prevention of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and fostering inclusive education and improved learning outcomes for children with disabilities. Working through government structures to achieve scale, sustainability and self-reliance, SHRP is improving learning outcomes for Ugandan children while also helping them make safer, healthier choices in life. Together, three projects—SHRP; the USAID-funded, RTI-implemented Uganda Literacy and Retention Activity; and the Global Partnership for Education-funded, Ministry of Education and Sports-implemented Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project—are supporting improved reading outcomes at scale in 80 percent of government primary schools nationwide.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Ministry of Education and Sports

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education and Sports

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence

Skills

  • Literacy

Cross-cutting areas

  • HIV and STIs

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power
  • Sexual and reproductive health (including puberty education)

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased literacy

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased knowledge of HIV, puberty, and sexual and reproductive health
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced STI/HIV/AIDS