Schools Dispute UNEB Rankings

By John Eremu SEVERAL schools yesterday disputed the UNEB ranking of the best candidates in the 2000 A'Level results released on Tuesday. Gayaza High, Kampala Secondary and Old Kampala Secondary schools complained that some of their students did better than those UNEB listed. Gayaza's Catherine Mwesigwa, with a C3 in General Paper and As in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and German, should have tied with Michael Ssemuli of Makerere College as the second-best science student overall but never featured in UNEB's rankings. Deo Mugambwa of Old Kampala had a C3 in General Paper and As in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Economics but was not listed among the best in Kampala district. UNEB apologised for the anomalies, saying the selection was done by the computers and not manually. "We regret the errors and the inconveniences caused," the board spokesperson, Ms. Eva Konde, said. Gayaza headmistress Ruth Kavuma said, "We are pleased with the school's performance and as a scientist, I am overjoyed by our performance in science." She said she hoped her home district, Kalangala, would one day excel in sciences. Kalangala had no science candidates. Farouk Kisuze Wamala of Kampala SS stormed The New Vision with his headmaster, Peter Luutu, to ask why he was left out with a D2 in General Paper, C in Art and As in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. Gayaza questioned why A.H. Kazibwe of Gombe SS was named the fifth-best Arts student in Mpigi yet she had the same grades as their student, Pamela Alinda, with a C3 in General Paper, B in Economics and As in History, Divinity and Literature. They also queried the omission of their science student, Chris Kizito Basiima, who had D2 in General Paper, two As and two Bs. Ends