The fate of at least 11 students of West Ville High School in Kabarole District hangs in the balance after it emerged that their head teacher did not register them for the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams.
The school head teacher, Edson Tumwine, who contacted the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) yesterday, said the students in question failed to confirm their registration in time for the exams.
Tumwine claimed that by the time the candidates realised they had not been registered, it was already too late.
The UNEB spokesperson, Jenifer Kalule, said Tumwine approached UNEB on October 12th, one day before the candidates’ briefing, requesting the examinations body to register the affected students.
She added that UNEB has instructed the police to investigate how the students, who had paid their registration fees on time, were not registered due to their details not being sent to UNEB.
Meanwhile, in Nagalama, the police arrested a head teacher of a school in Kalagi over allegations of sharing electronic information purported to be UNEB examination papers.
The suspect was said to be sharing the fake material from his phone, and extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public.
In Bushenyi, police arrested another head teacher for allegedly sharing information purported to be examination material for a UNEB Biology practical paper which was set today morning.
Students sat for the Biology practical in the morning and are to do Commerce in the afternoon.
