Schools raise Senior One entry points
Jan 27, 2010
TOP schools in the central region and other parts of the country have raised their entry points to Senior One in the ongoing selection exercise.
By Conan Businge
and Francis Kagolo
TOP schools in the central region and other parts of the country have raised their entry points to Senior One in the ongoing selection exercise.
Other traditional schools in the countryside have also maintained higher cut-off points, a development attributed to good performance in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).
Namilyango College and Uganda Martyrs’ SS Namugongo, two of the most prominent schools in the country, have set tougher cut-off points.
Last year, Namugongo had its cut-off at seven for both boys and girls, while Namilyango College stopped at six. However, this year they have both set aggregate 5 as the cut-off.
The two schools, along with St. Mary’s College Kisubi and Mt. St. Mary’s Namagunga, remained the most competitive schools, according to The New Vision survey carried out yesterday. They will admit only students who scored aggregate four and five. This means that a candidate must have scored a distinction 1 in three subjects and at least a distinction 2 in the fourth subject.
Other schools that have set a tough intake criteria are Makerere College, Nabisunsa Girls, Trinity College Nabbingo, Kibuli SS, Immaculate Heart Nyakibaale, Ntare School and Green Hill Academy.
About 1,500 head teachers reported yesterday at Mandela National Stadium for the two-day selection that ends on Friday.
Some of the popular schools had not yet picked their admission documentation by press time; hence they could not set their cut-off points.
The admission documents indicate the number of candidates who applied to join the school and how they performed. Based on this, a school sets its cut-off points.
But most Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools, mainly up-country, are expected to admit candidates who scored up to aggregate 28.
Under the selection criteria, a candidate who misses the first choice usually goes to the second choice school depending on his or her score. Schools normally give priority to candidates who chose them as the first or second option.
Namboole stadium gates were closed to hundreds of parents who flocked there to check if their children had been admitted.
Last year’s PLE registered an improved performance. Of 513,219 pupils who sat for PLE last year, 32,840 pupils (representing 6.7%) passed in grade one. This is a big improvement in comparison to the previous year, when only 17,021 pupils (3.7%) passed in grade one.
The over-all performance of candidates last year was also better than the previous year; with a pass rate of 85.6% compared to 80.8% in 2008.
Additional reporting by Nickson Turyahikayo and Jude Kafuuma
and Francis Kagolo
TOP schools in the central region and other parts of the country have raised their entry points to Senior One in the ongoing selection exercise.
Other traditional schools in the countryside have also maintained higher cut-off points, a development attributed to good performance in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).
Namilyango College and Uganda Martyrs’ SS Namugongo, two of the most prominent schools in the country, have set tougher cut-off points.
Last year, Namugongo had its cut-off at seven for both boys and girls, while Namilyango College stopped at six. However, this year they have both set aggregate 5 as the cut-off.
The two schools, along with St. Mary’s College Kisubi and Mt. St. Mary’s Namagunga, remained the most competitive schools, according to The New Vision survey carried out yesterday. They will admit only students who scored aggregate four and five. This means that a candidate must have scored a distinction 1 in three subjects and at least a distinction 2 in the fourth subject.
Other schools that have set a tough intake criteria are Makerere College, Nabisunsa Girls, Trinity College Nabbingo, Kibuli SS, Immaculate Heart Nyakibaale, Ntare School and Green Hill Academy.
About 1,500 head teachers reported yesterday at Mandela National Stadium for the two-day selection that ends on Friday.
Some of the popular schools had not yet picked their admission documentation by press time; hence they could not set their cut-off points.
The admission documents indicate the number of candidates who applied to join the school and how they performed. Based on this, a school sets its cut-off points.
But most Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools, mainly up-country, are expected to admit candidates who scored up to aggregate 28.
Under the selection criteria, a candidate who misses the first choice usually goes to the second choice school depending on his or her score. Schools normally give priority to candidates who chose them as the first or second option.
Namboole stadium gates were closed to hundreds of parents who flocked there to check if their children had been admitted.
Last year’s PLE registered an improved performance. Of 513,219 pupils who sat for PLE last year, 32,840 pupils (representing 6.7%) passed in grade one. This is a big improvement in comparison to the previous year, when only 17,021 pupils (3.7%) passed in grade one.
The over-all performance of candidates last year was also better than the previous year; with a pass rate of 85.6% compared to 80.8% in 2008.
Additional reporting by Nickson Turyahikayo and Jude Kafuuma