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    EDUCATION FINANCING AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN UPE SCHOOLS IN MBALE DISTRICT IN EASTERN UGANDA
    (Uganda Christian University, 2025-09-20) ANNAH KITUYI
    This study on the effect of Education Financing and Quality of Education in UPE schools was carried out in government-aided primary schools in Mbale District. The specific objectives of the study were to: establish the effect of government financing of education on the quality of education; assess the effect of parent financing of education on the quality of education; and find out the effect of guardian financing of education on the quality of education in UPE schools in Mbale District. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design in which both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to gather data from a sample of 212 respondents consisting of staff of the District Education Office, Headteachers Deputy Headteachers and teachers. The data was collected using validated and pre-tested questionnaires and interview guides. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics generated through use of the Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) for quantitative data while the qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. The findings revealed that at R Square .562; p=.000 < .05 meaning that government financing of education accounted for 56.2% of improvement in quality of education in UPE schools; at R Square .137; p=.000 < .05 meaning that parent financing of education accounted for only 13.7% of the quality of education in the UPE schools; at R Square .062; p=.000 < .05 meaning that guardian financing of education accounted for only 6.2% of quality of education in UPE schools. Overall, results of the multiple regression revealed that at R Square .705; p=.000 < .05 meaning that financing of education through government, parents and guardians altogether accounted for 70.5% of the quality of education in UPE schools in Mbale District. The study concluded that government financing of education has a strong significant effect on the quality of education in the UPE schools; parent financing of education has a strong significant effect on the quality of education in UPE schools; guardian financing of education also has a strong significant effect on the quality of education in UPE schools in Mbale District. On the whole, education financing by government, parents and guardians altogether has a strong significant effect on quality of education provision in the UPE schools in Mbale District. The study recommended among other things that government should consider increasing its proportion of financing of education in the UPE schools as this will greatly improve on the quality of education in the schools; and that parents too, should get involved in financing education of their children since it also has a significant effect on the quality of education in the UPE schools. For further research, the study recommended that a similar study needs to be done in government-aided secondary schools so as to compare findings and be able to generalize the findings. Keywords: Education Financing, Government, Parent, Guardian, UPE schools, Mbale District.