Over 1 million drop out between P1 and P7
Statistics from the Ministry of Education and Uganda National Examination's Board (UNEB) show that the number of children who drop out of school before primary seven is alarming. Of the over 1.8 million pupils who start P1, less than 800,000 complete Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in P7. Observers have cited several reasons for this from the high cost of education, lack of sanitary pads for girls, poor learning environment as well as parents who deploy their children in labor intensive tasks.
