This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in October 2022 Bob G. Kisiki Senior Four candidates started writing exams this week, and Primary Seven and Senior Six learners will sit theirs in less than a month’s time. The pressure is mounting; not just for the candidates themselves, but also for their teachers (who […]
A day before my classmates and I sat for Primary Leaving Examinations at a school in Kanungu district in 1966, the headmaster gathered us for a final briefing. The headmaster’s main point was to remind us to report to school at 7:00 am the following day. For me, that was a tall order because my […]
Several children struggle with mental illness at schools in Uganda. Researchers and mental health specialists have argued that the heavy curricula and competitive examination systems are partly responsible for this problem. Agnes Kyotalengerire sought ideas from parents, mental health experts and teachers for how to combat mental illness in schoolchildren. Dr Hellen Namusoke, a paediatrician […]
The cancellation of exam results is one of the major weapons the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) deploys to fight examination malpractice. While the UNEB Act, 2021 also provides for the suspension, among other penalties, of the exam centre if the school authorities are involved, the cancellation of results is seen as the most severe […]