Apparently, about four in every 10 children aged six to 12 years (37%) never attend primary school in Uganda. The rate is worse in local communities. Literacy rate for children below the age of 18 stands at 72% and 81% for girls and boys respectively.

Today, around 4 out of 10 young children aged 3 to 5 years attend early childhood education showing marked progress from 2011 that saw 2 out of 10 children enrolled. One child in 4 attends secondary school. One of those who do not advance to secondary ends up in tertiary education and the remaining, about 50% end up in child labor, early marriages, casual labor and informal sector.

Generally, access to any form of education remains inequitable: the secondary level enrolment of the richest 20 per cent of the population (43.1 per cent) is five times that of the poorest 20 per cent (8.2 per cent).  In geographical terms, the highest Secondary Net Enrolment is seen in Kampala (52 per cent) and lowest in Acholi (7 per cent).

These worrying statistics are a result of challenges in providing quality and accessible basic education to children and adolescents. Child marriage, teenage pregnancy, abuse at schools and school fees keep many teens, especially girls, out of secondary schools. Costs associated with education account for 6 out of 10 people leaving school, and pregnancy accounts for 8 per cent of girls who left school.

Under this project, we identify academically focused young children who are yet to join school, those who dropped out of school as well as those on the verge of dropping out of school from disadvantaged backgrounds, profile and attach them to potential sponsors to enable them to get basic education until completion of primary level before we equip them with vocational skills through our _Skilling Project_, provide them with start up to aid their entrepreneurship journey.