Three pregnant pupils sit primary exams in Uganda
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Monitor
Three pregnant Primary Seven pupils at Kichinjaji Primary School in Soroti, Uganda, are preparing for their primary leaving examinations, including a young mother who gave birth about a month ago. Headteacher Alfred Enyidu is asking families to support them and plans to accommodate the pupil's mother to help her during the exams, according to the Daily Monitor.
Three pregnant Primary Seven pupils, the final year of primary education in Uganda, are due to sit the national examinations at Kichinjaji Primary School in Soroti. One of them gave birth about a month ago. The school's headteacher, Alfred Enyidu, has urged parents and guardians to support them, reports the Daily Monitor.
The school will allow the mother of the pupil who recently gave birth to stay on the premises during the two days of examinations to help her care for the baby. The regulations of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), the national examinations body, allow pregnant or breastfeeding candidates to take the exams.
In Soroti, 3,440 candidates are registered for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), according to municipal schools inspector Simon Opolot. He called on private schools to allow registered pupils to sit the exams, even when their school fees have not been paid in full. At Kichinjaji, parents agreed to contribute 18,000 Ugandan shillings per pupil to fund meals prepared by the school during the examinations.
