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At least 12 candidates have failed to turn up for the first day of the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations in Koboko District, with early marriage, pregnancy, illness and loss of hope cited among the reasons for absenteeism.
Several examination centres reported cases of registered candidates who did not sit their papers on the opening day.
At Global Eden Secondary School, 96 of the 97 registered candidates reported for the morning and afternoon papers. At Nyai Secondary School, Deputy Head Teacher Okua Adinani said 69 of the 70 registered candidates turned up.
At Koboko Parents Secondary School, 115 of the 116 registered candidates reported for the examinations. Head Teacher Taibo Joslin said the missing candidate had died after registration.
Meanwhile, Padrombo Seed Secondary School recorded 218 candidates out of the 219 registered, while Koboko Town College reported two absentees among its 136 candidates.
The Deputy Head Teacher of Koboko Town College, Tonny Aduaze, said follow-up efforts established that one of the absent candidates had travelled to South Sudan, while the whereabouts of the other remained unknown.
At Nyarilo Secondary School, the district's largest examination centre, two of the 297 registered candidates missed the morning Mathematics paper. Head Teacher Aliga Sule Salim said one female candidate had reportedly got married, while the other was sick.
Head teachers attributed the absenteeism to early marriages among female candidates, pregnancy, illness, the death of a candidate and some learners returning to South Sudan. Loss of hope among learners was also cited as a contributing factor.
A total of 2,208 candidates are sitting the UCE examinations at 16 centres across Koboko District.
Daily Monitor UG