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Daily Monitor
Monday May 24 2021
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I received many emails, and messages both thanking me for the informative article, and inquiring more about the HEAC. This article is meant to provide more information about the Higher Education Access Certificate and how it works.
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In my last article titled “Encourage more girls to study science subjects” (published on Thursday, May 13, 2021), I highlighted the need for students, especially girls, to enrol for the Higher Education Access Certificate (HEAC), as one of the pathways to the degree programme.
I received many emails, and messages both thanking me for the informative article, and inquiring more about the HEAC. This article is meant to provide more information about the Higher Education Access Certificate and how it works.
Daily Monitor
Thursday May 13 2021
Senior Six students are finally home, after completing their Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) exams. Data from Uneb indicates that 98,393 candidates were registered for the 2020 UACE exams. Out of these, girls were 41,129, which constituted only 41.8 per cent.
Considering the fact that at primary level, the number of girls registering and sitting for PLE is more than boys means that there is a high drop-out rate among the girls. As things stand currently, in our education, the higher you go, the smaller the number of girls.
Apart from the small of girls in higher levels of education, especially A-Level and university, there is also the issue of small number of girls studying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) courses. In A-Level today, few girls are studying science subject combinations. Consequently, only a few girls are admitted to STEM courses at university.