Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rakai district local government is struggling to contain rampant cases of teenage pregnancies and high school dropout rates. Steven Ssemutono, the Rakai District Inspector of Schools indicates that besides the obvious social problems that arise from teenage parenting, the district can hardly find enough native …
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Children reveal why they are not returning to school | THE INDEPENDENT | To limit the spread of Covid-19, President Yoweri Museveni ordered the closure of all schools on March 18, 2020. The closures affected an estimated 73,200 schools, more than 15 million students, and 548,000 teachers. In October 2020, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is to begin tracking students to see why the numbers keep on dropping at all levels. Janet Kataha Museveni, the Minister of Education and Sports says they are worried that many students enroll at different education levels of education but …
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