Kabale Municipality Schools Face Delays in UCE Exams Due to Insufficient Question Papers

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• Bernard Bikorwohangi, the head teacher of Kabale Brainstorm High School, revealed that the morning exam was delayed by 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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KABALE: Several schools in Kabale Municipality on Monday morning experienced delays in administering the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams under the new competency-based curriculum due to an inadequate supply of question papers.

The distribution of the exams began at 8:30 AM at the Kabale Distribution Center, located at Kabale Central Police Station, under tight security. According to the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB), the UCE exams were scheduled to commence at 9:00 AM, with candidates sitting for their first paper, Mathematics (456/1). The exams are set to conclude on November 8, 2024, with the Chinese Reading Comprehension and Writing paper (396/1).

However, some schools in Kabale Municipality faced challenges that led to delays. The problem was notably observed at Excel High School and Kabale Brainstorm High School.

Bernard Bikorwohangi, the head teacher of Kabale Brainstorm High School, revealed that the morning exam was delayed by 1 hour and 30 minutes. He explained that the exam eventually started at 9:30 AM, instead of the scheduled 8:00 AM, after the supervisor intervened.

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At Kabale Secondary School, two female candidates missed today’s examinations. According to the school’s head teacher, Amon Mwesigye Byaruhanga, one of the students had a domestic dispute with her aunt, leading her to run away from home, while the other candidate had recently gotten married.

Mwesigye urged the government to enact stricter laws to prevent men from marrying school-going children.

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