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The
Education System
Uganda
In
Uganda, students first attend seven years of primary
education. During their seventh year they take a national
exam. The students then attend four years of secondary
education, called Ordinary (O) Level. At the end of
their fourth year the students sit for the Ugandan
Certificate of Education (UCE), an intense period
of exams in which students are tested on 9-14 subjects.
Students are then accepted for another two years of
secondary education, called Advanced (A) Level.
In
A Level, the students specialize in their best four
subjects, which is quite a large change from O Level
in which the students take 10 or more subjects. In
their second year of A Level, the students sit for
yet another national exam called the Ugandan Advanced
Certificate of Education (UACE).
While
it is possible to get certain jobs upon completing
A Level, many students choose to attend university.
There are four year universities as well as two year
vocational institutions. Some professions, such as
medicine, also require graduate work upon completing
university. There are Educate! students at the primary,
secondary, and university levels.
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