Uganda: Distribution of textbooks around the country

GPE media coverage - March 30, 2016 | Source: New Vision

Students of Kabembe Primary School. Uganda. Credit: GPE/Chantal Rigaud

Thanks to the Global Partnership for Education and other partners, 780,000 books in English and local languages were delivered to schools in eight districts in Uganda in an effort to help teachers teach students how to read in English and in local languages with greater confidence.

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Regions and countries: Sub-Saharan Africa: Uganda

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