When Uganda
National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the 2015 Primary Leaving
Examination results, what was unbelievable is the number 19,000 allegedly registered
children who did not sit for final examinations.
At 1st I
thought that I had heard wrongly, but at least I realized that some other
people had also heard the same. I wanted
to confirm from the news reports; unfortunately, nothing like the 19,000 figure
was anywhere.
The fact and truth
of the matter is that the figure 19,000 CANNOT be.
I get to imagine
that this is Uganda where such a figure can be mentioned and the following day
it is business as usual.
The only way 19,000
children may have not sat for the final examinations is that in the first place
those children were really not there. I
get to imagine that some people sat down and thought of a method through which
they would eat free money. Since
Government pays for the UPE children, getting a figure of say 17,000 not
turning up yet when they have been incorporated is not bad as free money.
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