Through the Mastercard Foundation’s Leaders in Teaching Uganda Program, about 15 female Bachelor of Science with Education students admitted in 2026/2027 will receive scholarships at Muni.
For many young women in Uganda — especially in rural, refugee-hosting and low-income communities such as many in West Nile — poverty, education costs, early marriage and social norms still stand between secondary school and a university place, and fewer girls go on to science subjects.
The Leaders in Teaching Uganda Program, a five-year Mastercard Foundation initiative, is investing in the next generation of female STEM teachers through scholarships for Bachelor of Science with Education (BSc-Ed) students at universities across Uganda. At Muni University the program will support about 15 female STEM students admitted in the 2026/2027 intake.
Qualified women teaching science in secondary schools, especially in rural areas, become role models who inspire girls to take up STEM subjects and careers.
The program is implemented by a consortium of ten partners — the Luigi Giussani Foundation, UNICEF, the British Council, VVOB – education for development, Edukans International Uganda, Brainwave Careers Uganda, STiR Education, PEAS Uganda, Teach For Uganda and the Forum for Education NGOs in Uganda — and provides 400 scholarships nationally in 2026/2027.