Uganda, March 18 -- The results of Primary Seven (P7) candidates that were released by Uganda National Examination Board (Uneb) on Thursday, January 25 show that out of 749,254 pupils who registered for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), 88,269 failed and another 12,200, students either did not appear or only partially appeared for P7

In the process of finding the solutions for this poor performance, the Nakaseke District LC5 chairperson, Ignatius Koomu Kiwanuka has subjected teachers to the exams, claiming that they don't understand what they are teaching.

However, most of the causes of these failures and absenteeism are outside of teachers' control. For example, inadequate teachers, according to UNESCO data for the period 1970-201...