Uganda, Feb. 4 -- Primary Leaving Examination results came out recently and news reports quoted the UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo as saying that 97109 children failed and will have to repeat the class; "The 97,109 represents 12 percent of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination in 2022. Such candidates should not be admitted to Senior One, but should repeat as they will not be eligible to register for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination later."

This may look like a statistic if your child is not involved, but to the child and parent who have to face academic failure, especially for a critical "rite of passage" level such as primary leaving, it can be stressful and depressing.

What parents shoul...