Flagship report

2025/2026 EDUCATION SECTOR BUDGET BRIEF

Analysis and Strategic Recommendations (FY2025/26)

Mumbere Samuel class teacher primary one implementing Catch-Up and remedial approach at Kakoni Wisdom Primary School in Kyaka II refugee settlement in Kyegwa District joins his pupils to appreciate a pupil after reading correctly during the English lesson. — UNICEF/UNI821878/Wamala

Highlights

This budget brief examines how the 2025/26 National Budget responds to the needs of the Education Sector, building on the gains registered in the past three decades. The brief assesses the size and composition of public spending on education and highlights spending trends, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and adequacy of immediate past spending on education. The analysis is based on a review of key budget documents, including National Budget Framework Papers (NBFPs), Ministerial Policy Statements, Approved Budgets, Expenditure Reports where available, and Supplementary Budgets for financial years 2016/17 to 2023/24. All Figures up to 2023/2024 are based on the figures as included in the Annual Budget Performance Reports, while 2024/25 and 2025/26 are as per the Approved Budgets.