What You Didn’t Know About Furaha Education Initiative

 

 

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) created the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015 as part of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which aimed to design a new global development framework to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were completed that year. Informally referred to as Agenda 2030, they were formally stated and adopted in a UNGA Resolution dubbed the 2030 Agenda.

The UNGA came up with 17 SDGs that are listed in chronological order from 1 to 17. Of these SDG 4 focuses on quality Education "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

According to UNESCO and UNDP, there has been significant improvement in both boys' and girls' access to education, particularly at the primary school level. From 112 million in 1997 to 60 million in 2014, the number of out-of-school children around the world has practically halved. In terms of advancement, 224 million people worldwide participated in tertiary education in 2018, which translates to a gross enrolment percentage of 38%.

Ten targets in SDG 4 are monitored by 11 indicators. The seven "outcome-oriented targets" are universal literacy and numeracy, free primary and secondary education, equal access to high-quality pre-primary education, affordable technical, vocational, and higher education, an increase in the number of people with skills necessary for financial success, the abolition of all forms of discrimination in education, education for sustainable development, and education for global citizenship.

According to statistics from the World Bank, the literacy rate of Ugandans aged 15 and above in Uganda was 79% in 2021. Factors such as poverty, domestic violence, loss of parents, and a shortage of education facilities have all resulted in the slow increase rate of literacy rates among Ugandans.

However, there are silent factors that result in stunted progress of the literacy rates in Uganda, one of these is a lack of access to information about quality education, education opportunities, and career guidance that make learners lose morale and eventually drop out of schools.

With the above background, Furaha Education Initiative formerly known as Let’s Educate Uganda was started during the COVID-19 lockdown in May 2020 by Mubiru Benard to assist learners that were sent home as a way of curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus.  Online lessons, education materials, and career guidance were extended to learners and helped others in university admissions.

Since its inception in 2020, Furaha Education Initiative has registered 10 success stories in guiding students to secure admissions at Makerere University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and Kyambogo University. 

Also, some students were assisted and they were able to get scholarships (1 student at Makerere University) while others secured study loans from the Higher Education Financing Board (HESFB) from other higher institutions of learning. (All our services are offered at a free cost).

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