The Daily Monitor reports, ”<\/p>\n
School heads who misappropriate candidates\u2019 registration fees will be penalised once the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Bill becomes law, the minister of Education, Janet Museveni, has said.
\nShe said on Thursday during plenary that the bill will soon be presented to the Cabinet.
\n\u201cThe UNEB Bill coming before cabinet soon has very stiff penalties for such heads and directors of schools who swindle registration fees. In the meantime, parents are encouraged to check whether the schools in which they enrol their children are registered by both the ministry of Education and Uganda National Examinations Board,” Ms Museveni said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ms Museveni was responding to a request by Bunyole West Member of Parliament (MP), James Waluswaka, for the ministry to examine the Class Seven pupils who did not sit for this year\u2019s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).
\nMr Waluswaka said: \u201cI want to request that the pupils be given a special exam. I am told UNEB has sets of [examination question] papers. Can\u2019t we set this exam….\u201d
\nSpeaking during the same sitting, Busiro East MP Medard Sseggona asked what remedial compensatory measures the ministry would institute for the candidates who did not sit for PLE because their school heads did not have them registered.
\nMs Museveni said administering another examination would set a bad precedent.
\n\u201cAs to whether another examination can be prepared and administered, it should be noted that the examination process starts with the registration in March to end of July…\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cCandidates of a particular year should be assessed using the same instrument to ensure uniformity in grading. Administering a different examination, therefore, to the group that did not sit would be creating another examination within the main examination.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to her, remedial exam can only be provided if the given exam was cancelled over serious errors or malpractices.
\n\u201cAdministering an examination for those that have missed is not recommended because it abuses the principals of the exams. It would also be costly,\u201d she added.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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