HL Deb 27 October 2000 vol 618 c61WA
The Earl of Sandwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What assistance they have provided since 1997 for primary and secondary education in (a) Uganda, (b) Northern Sudan and (c) Southern Sudan. [HL4084]

Baroness Amos

Since 1997 Her Majesty's Government has provided assistance worth £40 million for primary and secondary education in Uganda. This assistance has been in the form of a national In-Service Secondary Teacher Education Project; support for Non-Formal Basic Education initiatives in Mubende District; support for a Female Adult Literacy project in Arua District; and technical co-operation and budget support for a national sector wide programme in education, with a particular emphasis on supporting the Government of Uganda's efforts to implement its policy of Universal Primary Education.

We have not provided any assistance for primary education in Sudan since bilateral aid was suspended in 1991.