Leaders in Teaching
A Ministry of Education and Sports-led program supported by the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with UNICEF and LGF
Highlights
The Leaders in Teaching Uganda Program is a flagship initiative of the Mastercard Foundation, co-led by the Luigi Giussani Foundation and UNICEF, with strategic oversight from the Ministry of Education and Sports. It is implemented through a consortium of eight other partner organisations working across four pillars: teacher recruitment, teacher training, effective school leadership, and teacher motivation. UNICEF leads the programme's cross-cutting ICT integration agenda.
The programme supports system-wide education reform through practical, equity-focused interventions that strengthen teaching, leadership, and digital learning across secondary schools. It works alongside the Ministry of Education and Sports, the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, and the Uganda Communication Commission to address digital integration holistically, covering ICT infrastructure, leadership development, teacher professional development, and ecosystem coordination.
In terms of scale, the programme currently supports 2,091 secondary schools, 10 universities, and 5 teacher training institutions, serving an estimated 74,800 teachers and indirectly reaching 627,300 students.
The large-scale ICT assessment covered in this report, spanning 3,257 secondary schools, was conducted through the programme to build the evidence base needed to guide targeted, profile-specific investments in digital education across Uganda.
