A total of 4% of upper primary school pupils in Uganda have been defiled by their teachers in the last one year, according to a 2008 study funded by the World Bank. This implies that 43,000 girls in P5 to P7, roughly between 10 to 14 years old, have been sexually abused by the very people who are supposed to protect them.

Girls are lured into sex with their teachers in all kinds of ways, including promises of gifts and good marks. But even without these kind of enticements, girls fear the negative consequences if they refuse to give in to sexual advances from teachers.