An Analysis of Urban-Rural Differences in School Effectiveness:

In recent years, the promotion of regional equity in developing countries has become an important topic for both researchers and policy makers. In Uganda, this policy issue is particularly important because the country is currently plagued by wide regional inequalities in income and living standards. Moreover, one of the most important factors that explained regional inequality in income welfare was found to be inequality in educational attainment. In the primary education subsector, the rapid expansion in enrolment following the launch of the Universal Primary Education (UPE) policy in 1997 posed several challenges in quality and equity, including urban-rural inequality issues. Although these challenges in the primary education system have cast a shadow over the sustainability of high economic growth in the future, few studies have analyzed such inequality issues.