The Nakaseke LC5 Chairperson, Ignatius Koomu Kiwanuka, subjected primary seven teachers to assessment tests following poor performance in the recent 2023 PLE results.
Nakaseke district is implementing a unique approach to address low performance in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Following a string of unsatisfactory results, LCV Chairperson Ignatius Koomu Kiwanuka has initiated an assessment program for primary seven teachers. This initiative comes after years of warnings to educators to improve academic outcomes.
Approximately 40 teachers, identified based on the 2023 PLE results, are currently undergoing subject-specific assessments at Nakaseke Technical Institute. The assessments mirror the actual PLE papers taken by P.7 candidates in 2023. Teachers who fail to achieve a minimum score of 60% will be required to participate in mandatory refresher courses.
Over the last six years, Koomu has consistently warned teachers to enhance academic performance or face consequences.
About 40 teachers, identified through the recently released PLE results for 2023, are currently undergoing assessment at Nakaseke Technical Institute. Each teacher based on the subject they teach and the 2023 UNEB results, is sitting for the same paper done by P.7 candidates in 2023.
Those who fail to achieve the required 60% pass mark will be required to undergo a refresher course.
“You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know”. Koomu said he is after finding solutions to the poor performance of learners in the district.
4813 candidates that sat for 2023 PLE in Nakaseke District, 604 candidates passed in Division 1, (12.9%), 2,706 in Division II (57.9%) and 728 passed in Division III.
The number of candidates that passed in Division IV was 361, representing 2.9 per cent while 276 candidates completely failed. The number of candidates that didn’t sit for the exam was 138.
The result according to the district leadership was not good in comparison to the previous year yet the district had already passed a resolution to make the respective head teachers and classroom teachers in schools that perform poorly to account for the poor results.
