Cheating teachers to face action

By Nasur Wambedde Teachers who get involved in examination malpractices are to face disciplinary action according to Wilberforce Aketcho, Mbale District Inspector of Schools. Mbale had the highest cases of examination malpractice during the 2000 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). In an interview with Education Vision, Aketcho said Mbale District does not top the dirty list of ten most cheating districts. During the assessment of the PLE results, Mbale had been divided into two districts, Sironko and Mbale, but the results were based on the former Mbale. Aketcho also said the poor performance of pupils in last year's PLE was worsened by the free registration of pupils. "Because pupils where not required to pay money for the registration, whoever wanted to register did it no matter whether he or she was capable of performing well," he said. A total of 20,597 pupils registered and sat for last year's PLE in the former Mbale District. Of these, 12,809 had their results either cancelled or withheld by UNEB on cases of examination malpractice. Ends