“The Secret behind the Figures”: Evaluation of UPE Program in Iganga District

Uganda since 1997 has been quite successful at expanding enrolment in primary education following the implementation of free education. Increased enrolments require increased resources in order to maintain the quality. Increase in enrolment did not match with increase in input resulting in shortages in the number of teachers, classrooms and learning materials leading to large classes and declining academic achievements of pupils in Public schools. This study is about the impact of class size on pupil’s academic achievement in Iganga district and its main objective is to investigate the mechanisms through which class size, affects pupils academic achievement in Iganga district public schools and further to determine other factors that might have an impact on pupils academic achievements