Uganda: Butaleja Registers 50 Percent School Dropout Rate

24 January 2017

Butaleja — Atleast 50 per cent of children who enrol for Universal Primary Education [UPE] programme in Butaleja District drop out of school.

Latest findings by the district education department indicate that school dropout rate is highest among girls, who are forced to get married at a tender age. Boys are not spared either as they are forced to go and scare away birds in rice fields during school time.

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