Director: Daniel C. Levy

Government's Concern on Ugandan Private Higher Education

PROPHE Summary (by Prachayani Praphamontripong):
The Ugandan government has warned private higher education institutions not to overcharge students while providing insufficient structures and inadequately paid professors. The government will also appoint a central examinations authority to standardize examinations for business training at undergraduate level. In turn, private institutions voice concern that public-private-partnership seems to focus on government over-taxing of them.

For the full story see AllAfrica.com, March 14, 2005, "Uganda: Institutions Warned on Fees Hike," by The Monitor.

PROPHE Observation (by Daniel C. Levy):
Private-public conflict seems strong in Uganda. A major aspect of that conflict concerns finance. Both sides complain of over-charging. Government accuses private institutions of taking too much from students while giving too little to the students. The institutions retort that government taxes them too heftily. Such conflict is especially intriguing in an African country that has been undergoing twin privatizations: expansion of private enrollments and privatizing measures within the public sector.