A primary seven candidate at Kasanga primary school, Bwera
sub-county, Kasese District on Monday had to endure labour pains as she
sat for Primary Leaving Examinations.
"The pregnant girl developed labour pains in the
middle of the first paper – Mathematics – this morning and was rushed to
hospital but did not deliver,” the Kasese District Education Officer,
George Mayinja, told this newspaper.
He says she later returned and sat for the afternoon Social Studies exam in the same condition.
Mr Mayinja commended the girl for being brave.
He says the district did not face any major
challenges on the first day of the examinations, save for the poor roads
in the mountainous sub-counties which affected the delivery of
examination papers on time.
Kasese Municipality Education Officer, Lawrence
Tiruganya, said that about 20 candidates, mostly girls, have missed the
examinations due to pregnancy.
However, he said that the parents are to blame in
such cases because UNEB rules do not stop pregnant candidates from
sitting the examinations.
About 9708 candidates registered for PLE, which
started nationwide today, in rural Kasese, while 2503 registered in
Kasese Municipality.
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