Protracted refugee situations: Insights into Uganda’s educational responses for refugees

This chapter examines educational approaches used to address the educational needs of refugees living in protracted refugee situations in Uganda. The data used was drawn from 15 students’ individual semi-structured interviews and two focus group discussions (FGDs) with refugee leaders and youths; hence, the perceptions of refugee leaders, students, and other refugees offer insights into how to ameliorate the educational approaches in Uganda. Although the chapter argues for improving access to higher education or post-secondary education, and vocational education and training (VET), it is crucial that stakeholders improve access to affordable education for refugees in urban areas as refugee schools are mainly constructed in rural settlements. Notably, despite the achievements of the Education Response Plan (ERP) in terms of primary and secondary school enrolment, this research contends that the focus needs to be expanded to ensure access and affordability of higher education to match the educational aspirations of refugees.