The Monitoring Learning Achievement of Primary Two in Literacy report indicated that "learning has been focusing on teachers instead of learners".

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It faults teachers of training pupils to pass examinations rather than equipping them basic competences

Performance average in reading competence ranged between 26% and 46%; marks below the general average of 50%, according to the report.

The report draws its details from a sample space of 106,296 pupils who participated during a survey in government aided primary schools.

Furthermore, the report revealed that most pupils in Elgon, Bukedi and Teso regions, can't write