South Western region UNATU Chairperson blames decline in performance on increasing Exam exams

The UNATU Chairperson for the South Western region, Alex Kwikiriza, has attributed the decline in performance, especially at advanced level of education, to the increasing leakage of exams.

In an exclusive interview with our reporter, Kwikiriza said that, students had remained with hopes of getting the exams before the final day, which created a lot of reluctance, hence failure.

Kwikiriza thus urged schools to desist from the growing habit of cheating exams.

The Uganda National Examinations Board, recently released the 2017 senior six exam results, indicating a general decline in performance of candidates, with fewer candidates having been able to obtain 3 principal passes.

According to the UNEB executive secretary, Dan Odongo, 60,900 candidates managed to get a minimum 2 principal passes required for university admission, accounting for 60.7%.

Only 34,000 students, obtained at least 3 principal passes, while 26,000 were able to obtain 2 principal passes, out of a total of 101, 200 registered candidates

MEANWHILE, The ministry of education has vowed to close all the illegal primary teaching colleges that do not have licenses

The warning follows the poor performance of students who sat for their 2017 grade 111 teachers’ certificate examination whose results were released on Friday.

According to the state minister of primary education , Rosemary Sseninde. They have established that most privates are operating illegally and yet they are producing half-baked teachers.

She says that the ministry has sent a team of officials from the ministry to establish those illegal institutes that are just after money for closure.