Many schools are without water and electricity and even basic text books and resources taken for granted in UK schools. Like many similar areas it has faced many difficulties in education including high dropout rates at early ages, poor school structures, insufficient learning resources and inadequately trained teachers. It has a relatively high death rate due to diseases and a high level of orphaned children. Many families live in very basic living conditions and it is not uncommon for children to have no food during the school day. To some extent the implementation of UPE has magnified difficulties in Masindi as the enrolment in primary schools has increased significantly.
Classrooms are even more overcrowded and the pupil teacher ratio is very high.
Half the classes are built in temporary structures and working conditions for teachers and children are very hard. Its 230 pupils squeeze into six temporary and unfurnished classrooms. Just one of the seven teachers is trained. Books and stationery are minimal and there is no electricity or telephone. The children collect water from a nearby stream.