Faculty First: Addressing Faculty Challenges in Uganda’s Universities
This Policy Brief draws insights from the Demographics of African Faculty (DAF) in the East African Community (EAC) study, conducted in Uganda and five other EAC partner states, specifically Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Tanzania between 2021 and 2023.
This study, a joint endeavour by the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA), Association of African Universities (AAU), and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), is the first to systematically document the status of higher education faculty in the EAC, following a prior examination of the DAF in Ghana. The DAF-EAC study provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of higher education faculty in the six EAC partner states and forecast demand through 2030.