UGANDA: Minister calls for more education funding

Higher Education Minister Gabriel Opio has called for more investment in higher education, saying it plays a vital role in development, reports New Vision."The way forward is to accept that higher education is critical to our future. Therefore, it should be made a major area of national investment," he said.

Modern economies worldwide, Opio argued, were being driven by human capital. "Investment in human capital should precede investment in physical capital," Opio argued, addressing the Kigezi Youth Development Initiative in Kampala. In 2007, the minister said, enrolment in Ugandan higher institutions of learning was 137,000.

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