Karamoja to embark on
Compulsory Education
Leaders in the Karamoja sub-region to take set to focus on
mandatory education for all children in the region irrespective of their gender
and age. This is to be the main priority of the region as a whole to elevate
the level of literacy in the area.
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| Karamoja children playing |
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In an interview with the region leaders including the
Members of Parliament they showed concern of the increasing level of illiteracy
that that the COVID19 Lockdown has caused and elevated during the time of their
activities of education.
The lock has resulted into increased crime rate of youths in
the region who were influenced by their elder counter parts in region and their
own parents whom were leading them to activities such as cattle raiding which
is still a challenge in the region.
The leaders together with the government have come up with
the latest resolution to punish parents instead for keeping their children in
the New Year 2022 since the Education sector was fully opened for all education
activities as a way of solving the Education problem in the Karamoja region.
