**Authors' Contributions**

Charles Tushabomwe-Kazooba conceived the study idea, participated in the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation, and manuscript drafting and

*STEM Education and the Role of the HEAC in Uganda DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.114040*

revision. Imelda Kemeza participated in drafting data collection tools, data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation, manuscript drafting and revision. Calvin Okello supported conception of the idea, manuscript drafting and critically reviewed the manuscript. All the authors made further edits. The final manuscript was read by all authors who then gave their approval.
