Uganda COVID-19 Education Response Project

The COVID-19 Education Response Project was created to support students learning (pre-primary, primary and lower secondary) during school closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure a safe reopening and student re-entry. The Project contains three components: Component 1: Ensuring continuous learning during school closure; Component 2: Supporting safe re-opening, student re-entry and capacity building for resilience; Component 3: Implementation management Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. The implementation of this project environmental and social safeguards was guided by Government of Uganda’s policy and legal framework, including, the National Gender Policy that makes the case for gender mainstreaming at the sector level, including education, and The national GBV policy that provides for prevention and GBV response and also sets priority areas of action at the National, Sector, District and Community levels. Under Component 2 the Ministry of Education and Sports was responsible for carrying out back-to-school awareness campaigns to ensure all children resume school, re-entry, enrolment and re-integration into the formal schooling system. These campaigns targeted specifically girls and children from vulnerable populations to mitigate risks of student dropout.