SW News: As the Ugandan government works to reform the education policy in the country, the Catholic Church has proposed particular demands for the same. The Episcopal Conference has urged to mandate Christian Religious Education (CRE) in schools founded by the Church and emphasized the need to increase research and capitation grants.

It further implied that currently employed instructors who earn additional credentials would automatically qualify for the promotion. They further urged standardizing the curriculum for pre-primary education and making nursery education mandatory.

The episcopate also requests that the government set a cap on tuition, give fair wages to instructors, particularly in secondary schools, standardize the curriculum, and mandate pre-primary education. In a presentation made in Kampala to the Amanya Mushega-led Education Policy Review Commission, the Executive Secretary for Education of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, Fr Ronald Reagan Okello, argued that the government ought to cover the costs of teaching practice at both public and private universities. According to Fr Okello, the teaching of CRE will help in forming a person's conscience and character at a young age and protect the nation from the endemic problems of homosexuality, drug abuse, and teenage pregnancies.

The Church also decried that the universities in the country charge high tuition fees but provide poor infrastructure. In addition, Bishop Sanctus Lino Wanok of Lira Diocese decried that many school operators focus on profits rather than providing "holistic education" to children.

Mushega said that various viewpoints from different stakeholders, including Muslim and Anglican leaders, were gathered, and the changes will be made accordingly.

Critics claim that the government has yet to do much to enhance the sector, despite calls for significant improvements to the school system and to reduce theoretical learning.

According to the 2014 census, Catholics and Anglicans make up the majority in Uganda, and both religious groups control numerous institutions of higher learning and healthcare. According to information from the Catholic Secretariat, the Church holds 6,700 schools in Uganda, of which 603 are secondary schools.