Uganda, March 28 -- Although there has been a steady rise in literacy levels in Uganda during the past decade with a literacy rate of 72 per cent as at the last population census of 2014, data derived from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022 shows that two out of every 10 Ugandans of 15 years and above still cannot read.

This adds up to about 9.2 million Ugandans. This, coupled with post Covid statistics from studies conducted by Education Assessment experts Uwezo Uganda, shows that in excess of 9 million Ugandans cannot read and make sense of materials placed before them in order to gain enlightenment.

The 2021 Uwezo report shows that 39.5 per cent of learners from Primary Three to Primary Seven were able to read by the time ...