Rushenyi MP rewards best PLE performers
She stressed that a candidate with a U grade is going nowhere yet, yet he or she has been using government resources and parental care from the parents for nothing.
By Deguras Nshutaminabo
Rushenyi: The Rushenyi Member of Parliament, Hon. Naome Kabasharira, on Friday, February 16, 2024, rewarded the best-performing candidates in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in 2023 results released recently and urged the school heads to fight for obtaining U grades in public schools.
The pupils were rewarded with blankets, mattresses, mathematical sets, books, and pens to start with as they joined secondary school, as well as subsidization for their parents shopping.
She stressed that a candidate with a U grade is going nowhere yet, yet he or she has been using government resources and parental care from the parents for nothing.
Hon. Naome Kabasharira highlighted some of the challenges leading to poor performance among schools in Rushenyi County, citing the late coming of teachers, poor lesson planning, government teachers part timing with private schools, poor coordination in management committees, and alcoholism, among others.
She requested the teachers and private school proprietors with the vice of convincing the best pupils in government schools to join private schools, disguising that they would give them bursaries.
The Ntungamo District Education Officer, Mr. Fred Bahati, said that Ntungamo performed better as compared to the last three years, including the missed year 2021, which was troubled by COVID 19.
Mr. Bahati said decent performance is a combination of all stakeholders in the education system, which include parents, pupils, teachers, heads of schools, directors, and the education heads of departments at the district.
Rev. Benson Nahoora, the head teacher of Kamahuri Model primary school that came in first in performance, underlined some of the factors why the school performed better; they include no absenteeism, both teachers and pupils, a good response from parents, good scheduling, and lesson plans, among others.
The newly posted inspector of schools in Rushenyi County, Mr. Robert Tuzarirwe, urged commitment and consistency among teachers, school heads, and district stakeholders for better performance.
A pupil from Nyakariro primary school, Charity Komujuni, hailed the support secured by their area Member of Parliament and promised to keep up the good performance when she joins secondary school.
Ms. Joy Katiti, a parent to a pupil who was rewarded, welcomed the support of some of the scholastic materials, which she said was a reduction to her shopping expenditure.
Head teachers attributed the poor performance in schools to understaffing in some schools in Rushenyi County.
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