Uganda Education News: UNEB withholds results of 64 schools

Ultimate Media

The Uganda National Examination Board has withheld results of 64 schools that sat for the Primary Leaving Examinations due to alleged malpractice.

According to UNEB Secretary, Matthew Bukenya, the schools are suspected to have engaged in examination malpractice.

Some of the schools affected in Kampala include Clever’s Origin Primary School found in Kitintale, a Kampala suburb, as well as Godwin Primary School.

Other schools affected include St. Henry’s Masaka and Kako Junior Primary School, both in Masaka district.

Speaking after the release of the exams, education minister Jesca Alupo attributes the poor performance in rural schools to lack of morale by the teachers.

She cites challenges such as poor pay and long distances travelled by teachers in rural areas as major factors.

Alupo also points to poor command of the English language as part of the reasons why the pupils upcountry continue to perform poorly.

The minister also noted that many of the pupils who registered upcountry did not sit the exams because they were either pregnant or already married off.