By Aaron Okotel
MBALE CITY
The acting Mbale City Educational officer, Kooko Francis during an interview on Tuesday, 5th November, 2024 has cautioned school owners and head teachers against denying fees defaulting candidates from sitting their examinations, warning that it is a criminal offence.
“Let all the candidates do their examinations more so private schools, if you have fees balances, that will come after exams because it is a policy that UNEB has made clear, even those who are pregnant please leave them do the exams. Malpractice is a crime but I want to thank UNEB for the great job it has played so far by arresting the masqueraders.”
A total of 70 UNEB siting centres and 13 centres for pupils with special needs education will be hosting Primary Leaving Examinations, PLE on Wednesday in Mbale city.
Kooko expressed readiness to conduct the exams, saying that the UNEB officials have been on groud training invigilators and monitors as they await distribution of examination materials, but also warning the pupils against malpractice.
According to acting education officer, a total of 7,418 candidates in Mbale city, are expected to sit for this year’s PLE from 83 examination centres. 13 of these candidates are pupils with special needs. This translates to a decrease of 194 candidates compared to the 7612 candidates registered last year.
Kooko has also revealed that Senior Four candidates have entered the final bend and will be concluding their exams this week while those sitting for Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education exams this year will start on Friday, November, 8, with briefing of candidates.
He commended the safe running of the Uneb exercise so far despite one major challenging incident where one female student of Nkoma SS died during a UCE biology paper after a short illness, she was laid to rest in Bukedea district.
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