The teachers who sat the assessment exam were drawn from selected schools that reportedly underperformed during the 2023 Primary Leaving Exams (PLE).
The teachers had earlier been invited for an engagement with the district officials at Nakaseke Technical College on March 13. They were later ordered to put away their bags and sit the assessment exam under the direct supervision of Mr Koomu.
Without mentioning the particular examination body that managed the exam, the district chairperson on April 15 released results for the 2023 mock exams that the 51 teachers did.Out of the nine teachers that sat the Mathematics mock paper, seven scored below 50 percent. One of the teachers scored 28 percent.
The highest score in Mathematics was 89 percent.For Social Studies that 13 teachers were forced to do, 11 of them scored above 70 percent. The highest mark scored in SST was 92 percent.In the English language paper, 13 teachers were subjected to the assessment. Five got below 50 percent. The highest score in English was 88 percent.In Science, 14 teachers sat for the exam.
Twelve teachers scored marks above 70 with the best scoring 91 percent.The assessment exam will be followed by refresher courses for teachers, according to Mr Koomu.
The exercise has generated a mixed reaction from the public, including the government and the Uganda National Teachers Union (Unatu ) regarding the legality and mandate of the district chairperson to subject teachers to an assessment.
This site has seen a letter authored by a legal firm on behalf of Unatu threatening legal action against Mr Koomu if he doesn’t stop the assessment process.
In the April 16 letter addressed to Mr Koomu, the legal representatives of Unatu state that their client learnt from the media and received numerous complaints from its members about the unprofessional assessment outside the law.
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