Education Authorities in Bududa District are investigating circumstances under which three senior six candidates did not turn up for their final UACE Examination.
The three students of Bukalasi Secondary School in Bududa district failed to show up on Monday for their Economics paper of Education Examinations(UACE).
Bukalasi Secondary School registered ten students for UACE, three of which offered Economics. However, none of the three candidates showed up on Monday for both papers.
The head teacher, Christopher Katumba declined to comment about the missing candidates and only said that the Exams were going on well. The Area UNEB Supervisor, Edward Mukhwana said that he would write to UNEB about the incident.
David Muwoya Wekhola, the Bududa district inspector of Schools said he was not in the know about the missing candidates but promised to get information and see how he can take action.
This is not the first time that students in this school are disappearing during their final Examinations. Last year, only three candidates out of the ten that registered for UACE turned up for their final exams.
Bukalasi secondary school secured a UACE center number U2684 five years ago with 17 candidates during their first sitting. According to UNEB guidelines, a center must have a minimum of 15 candidates.
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) began conducting UACE for all A’ level candidates beginning with Economics Papers one and two for Arts candidates and Chemistry paper 3 for Science Candidates.
