Uganda, March 18 -- Local leaders in Kayunga District have blamed the high school drop-out rate on parents who reportedly remove their children from learning institutions and use them as labourers in cutting sugarcane and scaring birds in rice gardens.

Speaking during the official opening of Van Tyler Wtac Christian Academy in Kangulumira Town council, Kayunga District on Saturday, Mr Patrick Nsanja, the Ntenjeru south Member of Parliament, noted that even though the government initiated Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal secondary Education (USE), many children, especially those from vulnerable families have not had a chance to complete their education due to a number of challenges, top among them being poverty.

"Because o...