Nursing and midwifery results out: Performance improves

Jul 28, 2016

“We had more students enrolled. We examined 3,760 as compared to 2,430 in 2015,” Mukakarisa said.

At an event attended by First Lady, Janet Museveni, who is also the Minister of Education and Sports on Tuesday, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examination board has released the results for the 21st exam sitting that was conducted from 2nd to 6th May.

Helen Mukakarisa Kataratambi, the executive secretary of the board handed over the results for 3,760 students from 57 recognised Nursing Schools, highlighting improvement as compared to 2015.

"We had more students enrolled. We examined 3,760 as compared to 2,430 in 2015," Mukakarisa said.

The results from the 2016 sitting which was 72.9% women and 27.1% men represent scores in five diploma and four certificate courses in nursing and midwifery.

The number of candidates, who pursued certificate courses, increased by about 49.7% from 2,293 in 2015 to 3,432 last year.

Out of these, 2968 (86.4%) passed with 66(1.9%) at distinctions compared to 29(1.3%) in 2015, 2074 (60.4%) with credits compared to 934 (40.7%) in 2015, 828 (24.1%) with a pass compared to 990 (43.2%) in 2015, 399 (11.6%) ungraded against 327 (14.3%) in 2015 and 65 having failed to sit the exams.

Improvement in diploma courses

The five diploma courses were undertaken by 328 candidates out of whom 286 (87.2%) passed with distinctions, 129 (39.3%) at credit level, 156 (47.6%) at pass level and 41 (12.5%) ungraded.

The number of candidates here also increased by about 139.4% from 137 candidates in 2015 and there was no distinction in 2015.

The candidates with credits went up to 129 (39.3%) from 31 (22.6%) in 2015 and those with a pass increased from 82 to 156 despite these figures representing 59.9% and 47.6% of the total respectively.

During the event, the First Lady applauded the officials in the Nursing and Midwifery sub-sector for their commitment to service and noted that the new graduates are an addition that should reduce the pressure on the human resource in the health sector.

 "Nurses and midwives play a vital role in our fight against maternal and child mortality nationally, regionally and globally.

She added that the training of nurses and midwives is in line with the government's policy of skilling the population to improve the quality of life of Ugandans.

The First Lady also hinted on the good initiative of an anthem for nurses and midwives that she said gives good guidance.

"You are sent by God himself and I am glad that it is embedded in your anthem," she noted.

The state minister for Higher Education, Dr. John Chrysestom Muyingo attributed the improvement in performance to the hard work of the board and mentors and also pointed out that the nursing schools and institutions have exceptionally well-maintained facilities, a trait he said other institutions should emulate.

Muyingo also applauded the health ministry for their role in allocating jobs for the graduates from the nursing and midwifery schools.

"Midwives and nurses are much more needed today than ever before. We also need to have the enrollment increased to provide part of the human resource needed to move the country to Middle-income status," Muyingo said.

The official release was also attended by principals of various sub-sector institutions in the country as well as officials from the education and health ministries.

 

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