MBARARA- Mbarara district has officially released the mock examinations 2024 results with a call to the parents to report back ground health status of their children to the respective head teachers for better monitoring to ensure competitive academic performance in schools.
The call was sounded by the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Mbarara district Ms Betty Tinka Komugisa while releasing the primary seven mock examinations at district headquarters Kamukuzi .
Rubindi got the first position, in second position was Rwanyamahembe, in third position was Rubaya whereby Bukiro was the worst performing according to the report issued by the District Inspector of Schools Mbarara.
Ms Tinka Komugisa urged the head teachers to always liaise with the probation and welfare office to identify and assess challenges that affect learners in the teaching learning process so that they are given additional time.
She explained that some learners perform poorly because of effects related with gender based violance cases from their homes require other stakeholders to engage them in guidance and counseling to open up and live better life. She further clarified that learners face challenges of defilement, rape among other child abuses that require the involvement of the offices of probation and welfare ; and community development among other stakeholders to assist in the prevention and eradication of such challenges.
The Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Tinka Komugisa revealed the best performing primary schools in the mock examinations as St Joseph’s Model Primary School that obtained 54 percent, followed by Rubindi Boys primary school at 52 percent and in third position was Rubindi Girls primary school all of Rubindi.
The best performing candidates were; Karenzi John Christian of Rubindi Girls primary school passed with five aggregate, Tusiime Cusbert of Rubindi Boys Primary school also with five aggregates and Nalubega Ireen of St Joseph’s Model Primary School with five aggregate.
The District Inspector of Schools Mbarara Ayebazibwe Kellen disclosed that 358 learners passed in division one out of 3,533 pupils who sat for the examinations from one hundred two examination centers. She added that one thousand two hundred two passed in division two, while in third division are four hundred seventy and fourth division and those captured in division four are one thousand one hundred fifteen and only thirty five were registered absent that need to be investigated.
The District Education Officer Mbarara Muhwezi Deo appreciated efforts invented in by the teachers in collaboration with the parents and the learners to reach what he described good performance that strategize better performance come the primary leaving examinations PLE 2024.
However, he requested the inspectorate team to coordinate with local council leaders and parish chiefs to establish what caused absence of the missing learners who failed to sit for the examinations.
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