How to deliver equitable education Tuesday May 11 2021 Equitable education is a key contributor to reducing poverty and realising lasting development. The world has made major progress in delivering quality Education to all girls and boys and millions more children are attending school and the gender gap is narrowing especially at the primary level .However this is confronted with young and growing populations and high rates of poverty and inequality that have worsened with Covid-19 .Ugandan education system has not been an exception and was badly hit when schools were closed in march 2020 and millions of students spent more than a year out of school and the effects took a toll on the girls who were married off since parents could not provide food and other basic needs and the boys ventured in to doing casual work to supplement the house hold income.