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The students couldn’t make it to school. This is after the school director charged with taking them to the school vanished without a trace.
On Tuesday, the 27 candidates from St. Christine Primary School in Kakumiro District got stranded and missed their mathematics paper. This is because the director who had to take them to where they would sit the papers from never came and hasn’t been seen since.
The candidates were then accompanied by their teachers to trek the 15 kilometer journey to the venue for the exam. However, by the time they got there, the exam had started an hour and 16 minutes earlier.
This meant that they would not be allowed to sit for the examination.
Members of the public have since shown sympathy toward the students. They have appealed to UNEB to at least consider a special examination for the 27 pupils because they did not arrive late purposely.
Dan Odinga, the UNEB Executive Director released a statement to the public. In the statement, he revealed that the examining body had picked interest in the case aiming at finding a solution.
“UNEB is consulting with the district education officials to ascertain the circumstances under which the learners missed the examination,” Odongo said.
He also revealed that they intend to hold a meeting with district officials on the matter. An appropriate decision will then be made following the meeting.
Following the statement, the 27 candidates began to see some hope to make it out of primary this year.
This is one of the many cases where school authorities collect registration fees from students and don’t do the actual registration. Some of these cases end with candidates missing exams despite paying money for registration.
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