Uganda, March 19 -- Villages situated in the remote hilly and mountainous sub-counties of Sironko District are registering high cases of school dropouts, with leaders blaming the government for doing little to address the situation.

At Bunagami Primary School in Legenya Sub-county, the school registered 29 out of about 40 candidates for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) 2023 after about 20 dropped out.

When the Uganda National Examination Board (Uneb) released the results in January, out of 29, only two had passed in Division Two and Two others in Division Three.

The government-aided school, which sits on the ridge of Mt Elgon, conducts most of its classes in makeshift structures amid an inadequacy of desks.

It also has no staff quar...