UNEB rules out special exams for national team players
April 16, 2021 UCE students sitting their exams recently
There will be no special consideration for athletes who missed the recently concluded Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams while representing the country, the Education and Sports ministry has revealed.
Several candidates on the Hippos U-20 and Cubs U-17 national teams missed their national transitional exams while representing Uganda at the African Cup of Nations in Mauritania and Morocco respectively.
Some of the players who missed the exams include Alpha “Thierry” Ssali, a candidate at Kitante hill school, Travis Mutyaba, a candidate at St Mary’s College Kitende, Oscar Mawa of Gombe high school, Ivan Irinimbabazi from Royal Giants high school and Elvis Mwanje from Masaka SS. The players parents demanded that their children get special consideration to write their exams since they were on national duty.
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