A report released by the Gulu district education officer reveals that the educational system in Gulu district in northern Uganda is failing to meet the educational needs of the children there. The teacher to student ratio is 1:58, and over 25,000 children do not attend school at all. Also, only 65 percent of students finish primary (elementary) school. Read more at AllAfrica.com.

The number of children forced to "night commute" between unsafe homes in the countryside to town centers each night has fallen in recent months, according to UN reports. The number of night commuters in Gulu town center has dropped to about 6,500. However, an article in The New Vision implied that the total number of night commuters in northern Uganda has dropped to 6,500, when in fact thousands more children night commute in Kitgum and Pader districts in northern Uganda. Read more at The New Vision.

A new study published by the Survey of War Affected Youth suggests that the number of youth abductions by the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda have been underestimated. The study suggests that a more accurate estimate may be at least 66,000 youth. The study further shows that a third of all boys and men report being abducted and a fifth never return home. Read more about these and other findings at the SWAY-Uganda Web site.