More than 84 candidates are at a risk of not getting their final results from UNEB after being alleged that they cheated exams.
D. E. O Sheema district Kanyesigye Loyce Tumusiime confirmed the news saying that UNEB withheld PLE results of more than 84 pupils who sat in 2020.
” UNEB withheld results of four schools including Kyabigo primary school which is found in Kasaana Sub county, Nyarushinya primary school found in Kitagata town council and Stars primary school in Kasaana Sub county, UNEB is still investigating about the matter to find out whether these pupils cheated or not, we are still waiting for any communication from up and we must go with their decision” Loyce
We drove up to Kyabigo primary school where we found some parents who had gone there to look for a way forward but un fortunately they found the school offices closed.
” This headteacher should be arrested because we aren’t sure whether she paid the registration fees for our pupils or she involved them in malpractice, whenever we try to inquire from her, she blasts us like nothing as if we are his house maids. We need to know why she involved our children in malpractice things, meaning that she knew that the school wasn’t doing it’s best to teach learners, we need her in prison” Florence Kyosimire a parent
Florence Kyosimire a parent of the affected pupils added that she sold her pigs to pay school fees and other school requirements knowing that after her daughter finish primary level, she will be left with O level but that she is so much worried that she may again start pay the same fees for the same level.
Kariveeri Turyaheebwa a parent also revealed his worry saying that they are tired of telephoning the headteacher Kyabigo primary school Angellah Tumukunde
“When you call her for the first time, she picks you clearly and when you start asking her about PLE results, she cuts you off, and you will never try her phone again and it passes through, when you meet her and ask, she insults you, we don’t know what to do, but we need the DEO to tell us what’s going on” Turyaheebwa
Parents say that due to lockdown, their children have developed figures and sizes, and that they have already lost interest in education saying that they can’t go back to primary level meaning that they are likely to face early marriages.
Talking to Angellah Tumukunde the headteacher Kyabigo primary school, she said
” I don’t know exactly what happened, because the paper which UNEB says that pupils cheated, I was absent on the day they did that examination therefore I don’t know whether they cheated or not.
We are trying our level best to get those results but we are likely to succeed after lockdown, therefore parents should be patient” Angellah the headteacher.
