Trends in Admittance and Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students in Uganda Disadvantaged?
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of trends in admittance and equity in higher education.
Using Qualitative approach in data collection, this study answered the following questions: Are Male students
currently disadvantaged in admittance to higher education in favour of female students? What is the impact this
imbalance in relation to job market demands for skilled labour from both sexes? What long-term initiatives might
significantly increase the number of male students admitted to higher education institutions for gender equity? The
findings were that the available data on trends in admitting students in higher institutions show an almost equal
number of the ratio of females to male with some exceptional institutions where female ratios have exceeded male
ratios. It is recommended that the government should review affirmative action policies so that the recruitment does
not favor one gender as it were before the programs.