Omoro School banking on PASS PLE for better performance
The students discuss and answer the questions of the different subjects, and the teachers mark them. Then, two weeks later, teachers set tests from those questions. Candidates also revise PLE past papers.
Candidates at Lalogi Central Primary School engage in discussions as they revise PASS PLE questions. (Credit: Ritah Mukasa)
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In 2025, Lalogi Central Primary School registered 18 candidates for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), and the best scored 16 aggregates. However, this year, the school, which is located in Orapwoyo Sub County in Omoro district, Northern Uganda, is working hard for a better performance. Lilly Acen, the deputy head teacher, says, “We expect at least five first grades and second grades from our 16 candidates. We are banking on PASS PLE and past papers to make it.” Every week, candidates receive PASS PLE pullouts from the Weekend Vision.
They discuss and answer the questions of the different subjects, and the teachers mark them. Then, two weeks later, teachers set tests from those questions. Candidates also revise PLE past papers.
Irene Acan, English teacher, adds, “Newspapers not only help children but teachers as well.” For example, when she is teaching about hygiene. She cuts out relevant pictures from the newspaper and illustrates them to the learners.
To her, Toto magazine makes it even easier to teach lower primary because children learn while having fun. They match words to words, pictures to words and pictures to pictures. Others enjoy reading stories about other children, joining dots, colouring, word search, plus filling in puzzles and missing letters.
Teacher Irene Acan uses Toto Magazine to teach Primary Two class. (Credit: Ritah Mukasa)
Meanwhile, every week, Lalogi Central Primary School receives 25 copies of Weekend Vision and Toto Magazine under the Newspapers in Education (NiE) programme, which is being funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) through Save the Children, an organisation that saves and cares for children around the world. NORAD is implementing a five-year programme from 2024 to 2028 called “Transforming the Future-For and with Children” in Acholi and Karamoja regions. The program aims to ensure that all children enjoy their rights to survival, protection, development and participation in a safe, inclusive, accountable and resilient environment.
