Police in Mpigi District has arrested the head teacher of Kisumba Foundation School in Buwama Sub County over reports that he refused to register four candidates to sit Primary Leaving Examinations(PLE) which commenced Wednesday.
Of the 16 candidates at the school, the suspect reportedly registered only 12 with Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) despite the four paying registration fees of Shs70,000 each.
According to Mr Karim Majid, the Katonga regional police spokesperson,the suspect was arrested on Wednesday morning at Bunjako Island as he attempted to board a boat and flee the district through Lake Victoria.
Mr. Majid said their preliminary investigations reveal that the suspect denied the candidates a chance to sit their final exams under the pretext that they were ‘academically weak’.
“After receiving complaints from the parents that their children had been blocked from writing their final exams, we embarked on a search and arrested the head teacher,” he said
The suspect is currently detained at Buwama Police Station awaiting prosecution.
Mpigi District Inspector of Schools, Mr Gerald Katongole condemned the act by the head teacher, saying it contradicts the Ministry of Education guidelines.
“If the head teacher never wanted the candidates to sit [the exams] from his school, he could have communicated to the parents earlier than waiting for the exams. He[suspect] has now ruined their future and they have to wait for another year to sit their final because of his selfish interests,” he said
Meanwhile, Police in Kayunga District are holding the director of Khan Seat of Wisdom who has gone into hiding after failing to register a candidate to sit her final PLE exams.
Phionah Naikesa, 14 was the only Primary Seven candidate at the school.
Kayunga District Police Commander, Ms Rosette Sikahwa said the school director joins the head teacher of the same school who was arrested Wednesday morning
Ms Jennifer Nazziwa, the mother of Naikesa who was at Kayunga Central Police Station where they had gone to report the matter told this publication that she registered her daughter to sit the exams in May after paying Shs120,000.
