UNEB can spend less curbing exam malpractices by trusting teachers

Aug 09, 2011

EDITOR: When the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) was established in the early 1980s it was such a confident body of examinations that the very teachers who taught students in their schools supervised and invigilated the examinations.

EDITOR: When the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) was established in the early 1980s it was such a confident body of examinations that the very teachers who taught students in their schools supervised and invigilated the examinations.

There were no examination malpractices reported in schools. Today UNEB invests a lot of resources to guard against examination cheating but the reality is malpractices abound.
I would rather UNEB set the papers and sent them to schools to administer and then forward the results where students want to go. Tests can then be set at these schools to select the right candidates.

Alternatively, when examinations are marked by UNEB the results should be sent to schools without much ado.

If results are sent to secondary schools for selection before primary schools receive them, it would also do the trick.

The biggest problem seems to have originated from those who look at education as a good that is sellable rather than a service.

When teachers are trusted UNEB's credibility can be restored.

Ahamed Kyendo
Mukono

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