Ministry of Education and Sports (Uganda) explained

Agency Name:Ministry of Education and Sports
Type:Ministry
Seal:File:Coat of arms of Uganda.svg
Jurisdiction:Government of Uganda
Headquarters:Kampala, Uganda
Chief1 Name:Janet Museveni
Chief1 Position:
Minister of Education and Sports
Agency Type:Ministry

The Ministry of Education and Sports (MES), is a cabinet-level ministry of Uganda. It is mandated "to provide technical support, guide, coordinate, regulate and promote quality education, training and sports to all persons in Uganda for national integration, development and individual advancement", according to the website of the ministry.[1]

Location

The headquarters of the ministry are located in Embassy House, on King George VI Way, at the corner with Parliament Avenue, in the Central Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[2] The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are:0°18'50.0"N, 32°35'15.0"E (Latitude:0.313889; Longitude:32.587500).

Organisational structure

The ministry is overseen by a cabinet minister, currently Janet Museveni, since 6 June 2016.[3] She is assisted by three ministers of state; Joyce Moriku Kaducu serves as Minister of State for Primary Education, John Chrysestom Muyingo serves as Minister of State for Secondary Education,[4] and Peter Ogwang serves as Minister of State for sports.[5] [6]

Directorates

Administratively, the ministry is divided into three directorates: (a) Directorate of Education Standards,[7] (b) Directorate of Basic and Secondary Education,[8] and (c) Directorate of Higher, Technical and Vocational Education and Training.[9]

Departments

The ministry is further subdivided into the following departments: (1) Finance and Administration,[10] (2) Department of Education Planning,[11] (3) Department of Pre-Primary and Primary Education,[12] (4) Department of Secondary Education,[13] (5) Department of Higher Education,[14] (6) Department of Private Schools and Institutions,[15] (7) Department of Teacher Education,[16] (8) Department of Special Needs and Inclusive Education,[17] (9) Department of Business, Technical and Vocational Education,[18] (10) Department of Guidance and Counselling,[19] (11) Department of Physical Education and Sports,[20] (12) HIV/AIDS Unit[21] and (13) Gender Unit.[22]

List of ministers

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kampala. MES . 15 October 2016 . Ministry of Education and Sports: About the Ministry. 15 October 2016 . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) .
  2. Web site: Location of The Ministry of Education and Sports Headquarters . 15 October 2016. 15 October 2016 . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . MES . Kampala.
  3. Web site: 15 October 2016. Museveni names Cabinet, appoints wife to Education ministry . 7 June 2016 . Dicta . Asiimwe . The EastAfrican. Nairobi.
  4. Web site: 15 October 2016 . Cabinet Members and Ministers of State . 15 October 2016 . Parliament of Uganda (POU) . Kampala . POU . https://web.archive.org/web/20161119192536/http://www.parliament.go.ug/index.php/members-of-parliament/cabinet-members . 19 November 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: Ogwang replaces Hamson Obua as Sports Minister . . 22 July 2022 . Makhtum Muziransa . 27 July 2022 . Kampala, Uganda.
  6. Web site: child . 2018-02-27 . Cabinet Members and Ministers of State as at 27 March 2024 . 2024-06-23 . www.parliament.go.ug . en.
  7. Web site: 18 October 2016. Directorate of Education Standards. MES . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . Kampala . 18 October 2016.
  8. Web site: 18 October 2016. 18 October 2016 . Directorate of Basic and Secondary Education . MES . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . Kampala.
  9. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Directorate of Higher, Technical and Vocational Education and Training . 18 October 2016 . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . Kampala . MES.
  10. Web site: 18 October 2016 . MES . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . Department of Finance and Administration . Kampala . 18 October 2016.
  11. Web site: 18 October 2016 . MES . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . Education Planning Department . 18 October 2016. Kampala.
  12. Web site: Pre-Primary and Primary Education Department . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . 18 October 2016. Kampala. 18 October 2016 . MES.
  13. Web site: Department of Secondary Education . Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . MES . Kampala . 18 October 2016. 18 October 2016.
  14. Web site: 18 October 2016. 18 October 2016. Department of Higher Education . Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . MES . Kampala.
  15. Web site: Department of Private Schools and Institutions . 18 October 2016 . Ugandan Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . MES . Kampala. 18 October 2016.
  16. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Department of Teacher Education . 18 October 2016 . MES . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) . Kampala.
  17. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Kampala. 18 October 2016 . Department of Special Needs and Inclusive Education . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES). MES.
  18. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Kampala. 18 October 2016 . Department of Business, Technical and Vocational Education (BTVET) . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES). MES.
  19. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Kampala. 18 October 2016 . MES. Department of Guidance and Counselling. Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES).
  20. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Kampala. 18 October 2016 . MES . Department of Physical Education and Sports. Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) .
  21. Web site: 18 October 2016 . Kampala. 18 October 2016 . MES . HIV/AIDS Unit . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) .
  22. Web site: 18 October 2016 . MES . Gender Unit . Kampala. 18 October 2016 . Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MES).
  23. News: Kiggundu . Edris . Politics tarnishes Makubuya image . 30 August 2022 . The Observer . 17 February 2012.
  24. Web site: Cabinet Shuffled . 30 August 2022 . 13 January 2005 . Kampala . and Henry Mukasa . Felix Osike . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131338/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/411869 . 2 April 2015 .
  25. Web site: 30 August 2022 . Museveni Names New Cabinet . 28 May 2011 . Henry . Mukasa . New Vision (Kampala) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211124001/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/755941 . 11 December 2014 . dmy-all.
  26. News: Museveni appoints his wife to key ministry in new cabinet . 28 August 2022 . Africanews . 7 June 2016 . en.

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