Tackling Uganda's lack of school places

It's always good to have your preconceptions punctured.

Uganda, like many sub-Saharan African countries, faces major challenges to build up its education system.

At the most fundamental level it has to provide enough places for one of the world's fastest growing populations. There are more Ugandans under the age of 18 than there are adults.

So when a new type of award-winning school, supported by an international partnership, is being promoted to fill the gap, what is the great leap forward?

Is it the curriculum, the technology, new buildings? What makes it so much better?

A senior teacher in Kiira View secondary school, near the town of Jinja, says the best thing about the school is that staff get paid on time.

It's such a simple but important point. What is called "teacher absenteeism" is a major barrier.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25304848

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