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 | | EDUCATION: Uganda's leading educational institutions are Makerere University (founded in 1922 as a technical school, as a university college in 1949, and as a university in 1970), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (founded in 1989), the Uganda Martyrs University (founded in 1991), and Uganda Polytechnic (founded in 1954). |
 | | Uganda's educational system comprises four levels: a seven-year primary education, a three- or four-year lower secondary education, a two-year upper secondary education; and post-secondary education, consisting of university, teachers' colleges, or commercial training. |
 | | Under Uganda's new constitution, which came into force in October 1995, opposition party activities continue to be banned, requiring that candidates running for election from such parties run as individuals. |
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