Over 10 girls in Buvuma district have missed primary leaving examinations due to pregnancy. Buvuma registered 607 pupils in the entire district and of these 11 girls didn't turn up due to pregnancy.
District inspector of schools Mr. Raymond Mugunga confirmed that the girls dropped out due to early marriages. 13 didn't not also turn up for the examinations due to fishing.
The story is the same in Amuru district where still 11 primary school girls didn't turn up for their Primary Leaving Examinations due to early pregnancy. George Oryem, the headmaster of Amuru Lamogi Primary School, says three of the girls in his school failed to show up because they were found pregnant in the course of the third term.
Apollo Okello, the Amuru District Education Secretary, says another two were found pregnant in Palami Primary School. The rest of the girls aged between 15 and 17 came from different schools.Amuru district registered 3,018 candidates for PLE. 1,035 are girls while 1,983 are boys. Early marriages and pregnancy is one the major reasons that girls drop out of school especially in the remote districts of Uganda