Poor PLE show an indication of Museveni’s commitment to lower education standards – FDC
To put it in perspective, FDC explained that 1,88,0000 pupils enrolled for Primary one in 2016 but out of these, only 832,000 registered to sit for PLE in 2022 of which 23,000 did not sit leaving only 811,000 who sat for the examinations.
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) believes that the poor performance by learners in the 2022 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) released last week by Uganda National Examination Board and the education ministry is a making of President Yoweri Museveni and his regime.
“Last week, the minister of education released the 2022 PLE results and it continues to put a dent in the direction of our education sector,” FDC said during Monday’s press conference in Kampala. “These results indicate how Mr Museveni and his family are committed to lowering the standards of education in Uganda,” it added.
To put it in perspective, FDC explained that 1,88,0000 pupils enrolled for Primary one in 2016 but out of these, only 832,000 registered to sit for PLE in 2022 of which 23,000 did not sit leaving only 811,000 who sat for the examinations.
97,000 of those who sat for the exams failed and are unable to continue with secondary education, FDC revealed further.
“The question that FDC puts to Mr Museveni and his wife the minister of education is ‘what plans do you have for these pupils who didn’t make it to the secondary level education’?” the opposition political party said questioningly.
The FDC believes that the government has deliberately refused to prioritize education, first with a ceremonial minister of education who only makes a show only when the results are being released, then the fluctuating and unreliability of budgetary funds towards the education sector.
“And now the whole salary disparity between teachers of sciences against their arts counterparts is fueled by the NRM government trying the divide and rule politics because the national teachers union had steadily grown strong,”
“We propose that government should develop a strategic master plan for those 1,168,000 pupils who have failed to transit to the next education level every year,”
Ahead of the start of the academic year, FDC has asked parents to sacrifice and take back their children to school. “And to the schools, we know the economy is hard but try to bear with the parents.”
