Mityana, (UG):- The Territorial Police in central Uganda’s Mityana District are holding in custody two teachers arrested on Thursday over the illegal possession of examination papers in the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) national exams.
The unnamed suspects- one aged 27 and a teacher at Hillside Kalonga Secondary School in Kalonga Sub-county in Mubende District and another 31-year-old biology teacher at Bujjubi SS, were arrested on Thursday at Bujjubi SS in Maanyi Trading Centre, Maanyi Sub-County in Mityana District.
According to Wamala regional police spokesperson, Ms Racheal Kawala, preliminary police investigations available indicate that on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at about 8:30 am, the Uganda National Examination Board (Uneb) scout of the Maanyi Uneb station number 225 in Mityana District, opened the container of UCE examination papers to be taken by the head teachers and a few minutes later rushed to Bujjubi SS.
“When the scout reached, he entered the examination room (laboratory) which was being prepared for the chemistry practical examination. He found there a man who claimed to be a teacher at that school. As he was inquiring about how he accessed the examination room, the Uneb scout saw a paper on the table which he checked,” Ms Kawala stated.
“It is alleged that the paper was for chemistry practical and had questions and answers on it,” she added.
Upon opening the UNEB envelope, the scout realised it was the exact paper that candidates were set to sit on that day. “A case of unauthorised possession of examination paper, material or information has been opened up and investigations have commenced,” Ms Kawala emphasized.
Preliminary investigations further reveal that the Hillside Kalonga SS teacher had allegedly gone to Bujjubi SS to follow up on the welfare of 17 candidates of his school, who registered to do their final exams at the same school. The said candidates have spent two weeks at Bujjubi SS.
“Upon interrogation, the teacher for Hillside Kalonga SS said he had found out about the paper from a fellow teacher at Bujjubi SS while they were in the school laboratory that morning,” Kawala noted.
A total of 379,620 Senior Four candidates started their UCE exams on Monday.
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