The liberalisation of the education sector has encouraged public private partnership in the education sector. Many private higher learning institutions have opened in Uganda resulting in the rapid increase in the of universities/tertiary institutions. The new institutions of higher learning have introduced many demand driven courses leading to more students accessing higher education. The table below shows that 71.3 percent of the tertiary enrolment in 2011 was from universities. It further shows that more than half of those enrolled in the higher institutions in 2011 were males.
|
Institutions |
Number of Institutions |
Male |
Female |
Total |
|
Universities |
32 |
78817 |
61270 |
140096 |
|
Business Institutions |
58 |
12260 |
12724 |
25084 |
|
NTC |
7 |
4989 |
2853 |
7842 |
|
Health Institutions |
21 |
3924 |
3564 |
7459 |
|
Management Institutions |
12 |
2293 |
3179 |
5472 |
|
Technical Colleges |
5 |
2914 |
336 |
3250 |
|
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry |
3 |
1169 |
456 |
1625 |
|
Media Institutes |
4 |
967 |
653 |
1620 |
|
Theology |
111 |
1326 |
271 |
1597 |
|
Law Institute |
1 |
500 |
300 |
800 |
|
Cooperative Colleges |
2 |
204 |
144 |
448 |
|
Tourism institutions |
3 |
137 |
89 |
226 |
|
Art Institutions |
1 |
134 |
61 |
195 |
|
Aviation Institution |
1 |
127 |
20 |
147 |
|
Meteorological Institution |
1 |
15 |
24 |
39 |
|
Survey Institution |
1 |
27 |
3 |
30 |
|
Others |
1 |
452 |
188 |
640 |
|
Total |
164 |
110255 |
86135 |
196570 |
Source: Statistical Abstract, Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2012