Uganda: Makubuya Warns Against Pupil Sieving

31 January 2003

Kampala — EDUCATION minister Dr. Kiddu Makubuya has warned headteachers who bar candidates considered academically weak from sitting national examinations.

Makubuya, while releasing the 2002 Primary Leaving Examination results on Monday said that although 401,575 candidates had registered for the examinations, over 35,000 did not sit.

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