The permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Education Ketty Lamaro cautioned schools to respect the schools selection process and register students who chose their schools.
Her message was delivered by the Assistant Commissioner private schools policy regulations at the ministry of education Ismael Mulindwa while representing her in opening the selection of S.1 students preparing to join secondary level at Lugogo show grounds.
In her message, Ketty noted that some headteachers don’t register the students who chose their schools and instead sell off the vacancies to rich parents which she said is unfair.
She expressed concern over teacher’s absenteeism in schools and cautioned headteachers to monitor their teachers. She added that government has a system that it uses to fight teacher’s absenteeism but some teachers still do it.
On Behalf of the selection committee, the commissioner in the ministry of Education and sports Dr. Jane Egau warned school head teachers not to sell off vacancies that belong to the students who chose their schools to rich parents claiming that the students who chose them may not turn up.
A total number of 660,000 are to go through the selection process since they qualified to join secondary level.
It should be noted that most of the schools maintained the aggregates they used to select students last year while others increased by 1 or 2 aggregates.
Following the two day exercise that ends tomorrow, Friday February 2nd, the first for the senior one students will begin on Monday February 19th 2024.
Among the schools that have been part of the selection process are, Lubiri S.S with 9 aggregates for girls and 8 aggregates for boys, Kings College Buddo with 5 for girls and 4 for boys, Mengo S.S with 7 for both boys girls, Nabisunsa girls with 7, Kawempe Muslim with 7 for girls and 6 for boys, St. Henry’s Kitovu with 6 for both boys and girls.
