Low quality of primary education demonstrated by low academic achievement has persisted as a challenge to Uganda’s education sector. Although the country has progressed in improving other education indicators, this hasn’t translated into better schooling outcomes. Therefore, this study sought to determine the significance of private tutoring on English literacy levels. The study utilized secondary data from the Uwezo Uganda National Learning Assessment 2014 survey and generalized structural equation modelling to determine significant predictors. The variables that had a direct effect included private tutoring, child’s age and gender, pre-school attendance, school type, household size, household head gender and education level. The variables that had an indirect effect through private tutoring were region of residence, school type and household head education level. The study observed a need for the government through the Ministry of Education to come up with a regulatory framework to manage and control the practice of conducting private.

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私人家教对提高英语素养的意义：一种结构方程建模方法

低学业表现出的初等教育质量低下一直是乌干达教育部门面临的挑战。尽管该国在改善其他教育指标方面取得了进步，但这并未转化为更好的教育成果。因此，本研究试图确定私人补习对英语素养水平的重要性。该研究利用了2014年Uwezo乌干达国家学习评估的二次数据，并采用了广义的结构方程模型来确定重要的预测指标。具有直接影响的变量包括私人补习，孩子的年龄和性别，学龄前出勤率，学校类型，家庭规模，户主性别和教育程度。通过私人补习产生间接影响的变量是居住地区，学校类型和户主教育水平。该研究发现，政府需要通过教育部提出一个监管框架，以管理和控制私人执业行为。