Even with the above economic potential presented by the region’s natural resources and resourceful citizens, Uganda’s human resource challenges is struggling to transform “potential” into universal prosperity. This is evident in the country’s status as one of the poorest nations, taking the 170 th position out of the 193 UN member countries. Uganda has impressive schools operated by a fair balance of government and private schools exceeding 30,000 in total and parents spend generously on their children’s education to prepare them as a post-agrarian society.

Uganda has impressive graduation rates from 57 universities and 200+ colleges, with 200,000+ graduates annually according to the National Council for Higher Education records. Two million graduates entering the job market annually translate into 200 graduates per parish averagely, who are struggling to create casual labor incomes of UGX 300,000 per month. Concerted efforts are needed to pinpoint the educational deficiency that leaves educated people in poverty.