Government and other stakeholders in removing the numerous barriers to education of the girl child. The subgoal states as follows:  The socio-psychological environment will be conductive to the full participation of all girls in education.  The physical environment countrywide in education setting will be easily accessible to all children, especially girls, with disabilities‟‟.  Districts with high drop-out rates, low retention and pass rates for girls are supported with grants of between the sum of shillings 500,000= to 1,000,000 through the promotion of Girl‟s Education Scheme will be made available. Government has taken several initiatives towards improvement of quality of education under UPE programme. These include school construction with facilities like furniture, instructional materials, offices, latrines and review of teachers through the district service commission, which has consequently boosted enrolment as shown below: Primary School Enrolment No. of pupils 10,000,000 8,000,000 Male 6,000,000 Female 4,000,000 Total 2,000,000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 Years Table 4 There are still some challenges to educational quality, which include the high teacher-pupil ratio, at 52:1 in 2003; inadequate instructional materials in schools, inadequate sanitation facilities and low teacher motivation all of which hinder education standards. In addition to the above, many children do not attend school because of child labour. Some children are engaged in activities like baby-sitting, farming, fishing, herding cattle, chasing birds from the field and other domestic chores. There is also the wrong parental attitude towards schooling based on the argument that many people who complete school end up with no jobs. Despite all the encouraging efforts from Government, early marriage is still a big cause of school drop outs, due to the ingrained negative attitude to get bride price from girl children. This is related to the strong institution of bride price in the country. Many parents find the costs of schooling prohibitive, for instance, uniforms, books etc. especially as a result of high levels of poverty among the population. Insecurity in some areas bordering Karamoja and in areas where LRA is operating affects school attendance. The Government has come up with the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Policy to guide stakeholders in providing services to vulnerable children like orphans and an operational plan of action for OVC. A few children are able to get scholarships (two per Sub County) due to best performance at primary leaving examinations. 29