Why Uganda’s schools are miracle birth control pills

In normal times, students probably spend more time with teachers than their parents. Uganda recently notched up the world’s longest continuous partial or full closure of primary and secondary schools, as part of the Covid-19 lockdown, longer than even wars have been able to do in many places. The National Planning Authority projects that 30 percent of pupils and students in the country are likely not to return to school forever and that 3,507 primary and 832 secondary schools in the country are likely to be shuttered. The continued closure, however, has presented an opportunity to look at scho…

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