Ndorwa County West MP Eliab Naturinda Mporera has donated preparatory examinations to 2,125 Primary Seven candidates in 54 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) centres across the constituency.
The initiative is intended to give candidates additional practice as they prepare for the national PLE and will benefit pupils in both government and private schools.
Speaking during the flag-off of the examinations on Wednesday, Kahungye Sub-county LCV councillor Champion Baker Turyamureeba, who represented Mporera, said the initiative would give candidates an opportunity to prepare adequately for their final examinations.
He said the examinations would also help schools assess learners’ progress and motivate teachers and pupils to improve academic performance.
Turyamureeba urged parents to complement the initiative by meeting their responsibilities, including providing children with food and scholastic materials.
Benson Nkurunungi, the assistant headteacher of Kibuga Primary School, commended Mporera for the initiative, saying school heads in the constituency had formed the Ndorwa West Team Eliab Academic Committee to support efforts to improve education standards.
Nkurunungi said all Primary Seven candidates in the constituency would sit the examinations regardless of whether they attend government or private schools.
He said the initiative was particularly important because some parents struggle to raise money for additional examinations for their children.
Nkurunungi recalled that some questions in the 2024 examinations supported by Mporera were similar to those that later appeared in the final examinations, giving candidates an opportunity to encounter related questions during their preparation.
Jackson Kyomukama, the headteacher of Buhumba Primary School in Kamuganguzi Sub-county, said many schools and parents face financial challenges in providing candidates with sufficient practice examinations before PLE.
He said the donated examinations would supplement tests prepared by individual schools and provide candidates with additional opportunities to revise.
Kyomukama said the initiative could also help reduce disparities between government and private schools because candidates from both categories would access the same preparatory examinations.
Christopher Niwagaba, the headteacher of Kamuganguzi Primary School, said the examinations would provide teachers with additional revision material and help them assess candidates’ preparedness ahead of PLE.
He urged other leaders in Kabale District to support similar education initiatives, saying an educated population is important for community development.
Steady Atuheire, the director of Lakeside Souls Nursery and Primary School in Rubaya Sub-county, also welcomed the initiative.
“I am sincerely grateful for these exams. This boosts our education system by allowing us to compare ourselves with other schools within the constituency. As a private school, I thank him for considering both government and private schools,” Atuheire said.
He appealed to Mporera to sustain the programme, saying it would help schools support learners and improve academic performance.
Mporera said the initiative would be conducted annually, with the aim of helping Primary Seven candidates strengthen their preparation and improve their performance in the national examinations.
The legislator previously supported Primary Seven candidates with Pre-PLE examinations in 2024. He said the programme was intended to familiarise learners with examination questions and improve their preparedness.
A similar programme planned for 2025 was affected by the teachers’ industrial action that was ongoing at the time.
The latest initiative will cover Primary Seven candidates in the 54 PLE centres across Ndorwa County West.
