Although there is significant drop in cases of examination malpractice, the examinations board, UNEB has announced that 1,035 results will be withheld for the same act.
“A total of 1,035 results will be withheld in accordance with Section 5 (2) (b) of the UNEB Act No 1 of 2021. The number of results to be withheld has been reducing steadily at this level,” Dan Odongo the UNEB Executive Director said on Thursday.
He said the Examination centres from which results are withheld will be notified through their portals.
Mr. Odongo however, said cases of malpractice have significantly dropped as compared to the previous years. He said overall female performed their male counterparts.
He said although the male candidates show better performance but overall, a higher percentage of females obtained at least a pass. This trend in the disparity performance of males and females has been observed over the years.
The UNEB ED cited there was a series of weaknesses in using the correct grammar in sentence construction. The essential skill of extracting main ideas from a passage and writing out a coherent summary still presents a major challenge to most candidates.
He however, noted that this year, examiners reported better quality work in English Language but said in composition writing, where candidates are expected to exhibit creativity and originality, learners in some schools are still cramming passages from textbooks.
“In the Comprehension passage, candidates found difficulty in extracting appropriate information to use to corectly answer the questions based on the passage. There are also weaknesses in using the correct grammar in sentence construction,” he said.
“What they call “model compositions” with unusual and difficult vocabulary. They then reproduce the crammed passages irrespective of what the composition topic is. This practice is, fortunately, declining, because candidates who do this are punished,” he added.
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