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Feb 25, 2004
GOVERNMENT- aided schools outcompeted private schools in the 2003 O level examinations released yesterday.<br><br>The traditional top schools still maintained their positions but there were some surprise newcomers. <br>Mt. St. Mary’s College Namagunga swept all the top 10 positions in Mukono w
By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
GOVERNMENT- aided schools outcompeted private schools in the 2003 O level examinations released yesterday.
The traditional top schools still maintained their positions but there were some surprise newcomers.
Mt. St. Mary’s College Namagunga swept all the top 10 positions in Mukono with all the candidates getting aggregate eight in the best eight subjects.
Gombe SS topped Mpigi, fielding all the first five candidates. St. Joseph’s Girls’ School Nsambya, a new-comer, fielded the best candidate in Kampala, Mirielle Magayane, followed by Kibuli’s Saleh Nyende. Denis Othathil of Makerere College came third.
Uganda Martyrs Namugongo was the only private school that featured prominently, taking four of the top 10 positions in Wakiso district.
Nabisunsa Girls, Kibuli SS, Gombe SS, St. Mary’s College Kisubi, and King’s College Budo fielded top candidates.
Kawempe Muslim School did not field any student among the best nine in Kampala. Other private schools including Namirembe Hillside, Greenhill Academy, Kabojja SS, Vienna College, Najja High School and Makerere High School and several others failed to make it to the top slots.
Merryland High School, St. Mary’s Kitende, Mengo SS and St.Lawrence High School, Lubaga stormed the academic scene, each with a top candidate.
Outside the central region, in Mbarara, St. Joseph’s Vocational School, Maryhill High School and Ntare School fielded candidates at the top.
In Mbale, Nabumali High School scooped four out of the best five candidates while newcomers Wanale View had one.
In Jinja, Busoga College and Kiira College Butiki shared out the best five positions.
In Masaka, Kitovu took four of the best five while St. Charles Lwanga, Kasasa got one.
In Lira, Lango College and Dr. Obote College Boroboro shared out the five top slots. In Gulu, St. Joseph’s Layibi got four and Sacred Heart, one.
Wakiso emerged the best performing district with 28.2% of 1,661 candidates in division one. Kampala followed with 1,857 candidates (24.7%), Jinja 23.3%, Bushenyi 21.9%, Mukono 20.7% Luweero 20.0%, Kayunga 17.3% Mpigi 16.9%, Kabale 15.9%, Gulu 14.9%, Mbarara 13.8%, Rukungiri 13.2% and Arua, 13.0%.
Nakapiririt was the worst performing district with no candidate in division one. It was followed by Bundibugyo with only four candiadtes, 0.8%, Kaberamaido, 2.1%, Katakwi had only 10 candiadtes or 2.3%, Kasese 2.7%, Kyenjojo 2.9%, Sironko 2.9%, Kalangala 4.1%, Kibaale 4.1%, Pader 4.4%, Kapchorwa 4.5% and Moyo 4.9%.
Last year, the best performance was posted by Wakiso, Jinja and Kampala, while Bundibugyo performed worst followed by Nakapiripirit, Pader, Kaberamaido and Kasese.
Education minister Khiddu Makubuya said the ministry was grateful to the private investors in education.
But he added, “I must voice my strong concern about the inadequacies in some centres. Over 30% of them have no laboratories for the teaching of science subjects.â€
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GOVERNMENT- aided schools outcompeted private schools in the 2003 O level examinations released yesterday.
The traditional top schools still maintained their positions but there were some surprise newcomers.
Mt. St. Mary’s College Namagunga swept all the top 10 positions in Mukono with all the candidates getting aggregate eight in the best eight subjects.
Gombe SS topped Mpigi, fielding all the first five candidates. St. Joseph’s Girls’ School Nsambya, a new-comer, fielded the best candidate in Kampala, Mirielle Magayane, followed by Kibuli’s Saleh Nyende. Denis Othathil of Makerere College came third.
Uganda Martyrs Namugongo was the only private school that featured prominently, taking four of the top 10 positions in Wakiso district.
Nabisunsa Girls, Kibuli SS, Gombe SS, St. Mary’s College Kisubi, and King’s College Budo fielded top candidates.
Kawempe Muslim School did not field any student among the best nine in Kampala. Other private schools including Namirembe Hillside, Greenhill Academy, Kabojja SS, Vienna College, Najja High School and Makerere High School and several others failed to make it to the top slots.
Merryland High School, St. Mary’s Kitende, Mengo SS and St.Lawrence High School, Lubaga stormed the academic scene, each with a top candidate.
Outside the central region, in Mbarara, St. Joseph’s Vocational School, Maryhill High School and Ntare School fielded candidates at the top.
In Mbale, Nabumali High School scooped four out of the best five candidates while newcomers Wanale View had one.
In Jinja, Busoga College and Kiira College Butiki shared out the best five positions.
In Masaka, Kitovu took four of the best five while St. Charles Lwanga, Kasasa got one.
In Lira, Lango College and Dr. Obote College Boroboro shared out the five top slots. In Gulu, St. Joseph’s Layibi got four and Sacred Heart, one.
Wakiso emerged the best performing district with 28.2% of 1,661 candidates in division one. Kampala followed with 1,857 candidates (24.7%), Jinja 23.3%, Bushenyi 21.9%, Mukono 20.7% Luweero 20.0%, Kayunga 17.3% Mpigi 16.9%, Kabale 15.9%, Gulu 14.9%, Mbarara 13.8%, Rukungiri 13.2% and Arua, 13.0%.
Nakapiririt was the worst performing district with no candidate in division one. It was followed by Bundibugyo with only four candiadtes, 0.8%, Kaberamaido, 2.1%, Katakwi had only 10 candiadtes or 2.3%, Kasese 2.7%, Kyenjojo 2.9%, Sironko 2.9%, Kalangala 4.1%, Kibaale 4.1%, Pader 4.4%, Kapchorwa 4.5% and Moyo 4.9%.
Last year, the best performance was posted by Wakiso, Jinja and Kampala, while Bundibugyo performed worst followed by Nakapiripirit, Pader, Kaberamaido and Kasese.
Education minister Khiddu Makubuya said the ministry was grateful to the private investors in education.
But he added, “I must voice my strong concern about the inadequacies in some centres. Over 30% of them have no laboratories for the teaching of science subjects.â€
Ends