Educational growth in Uganda

As part of a major study of Ugandan secondary education to support planning for the next 10 years, an Excel spreadsheet-based model for predicting sch ool demands was developed. This allows variables, such as GER, population g rowth rate, to be changed to see the effects on school enrolments. It diffe rs from other models in that it takes into account the widely varying consi derable range of ages per year class of school students at primary and seco ndary levels in Uganda and the growing age cohorts. (C) 1999 Elsevier Scien ce Ltd. All rights reserved.