Enhancing Equitable Access to TVET Through Coherent Governance, Public-Private Partnerships & Multimedia Campaigns Development

In the last decade, Uganda has implemented comprehensive reforms in Post Primary Education and Training system in general and the Business Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) sub-sector in particular. Findings show that the reform has been mainly successful and as a result, quality changes have occurred in policy; organization and management; delivery; regulation; planning and financing; quality assurance; public private partnership and social perception of BTVET. In addition, the fact that right from its inception the reform was planned and executed mainly by Ugandans themselves using home grown systems and structures appears to have provided an in-built mechanism for its sustainability. Despite this however, BTVET continues to encounter formidable challenges that include budgetary constraints; high unit costs; strong social bias against manualwork and stigma; and inadequate orientation to the world of work. This paper highlights the developments and the outcomes of the reform process undertaken by BTVET sub-sector in the areas of governance, public-private partnerships, and multimedia campaigns development