The Public Universities Joint Admissions Board (PUJAB) has released the Official admission lists for Government sponsored students for A ‘ Level Applicants for the Academic Year 2019/2020. The list includes names of candidates admitted to undergraduate courses in Makerere University, Makerere University Business School, Mbarara University of Science and Technology , Kyambogo University, Lira University, Muni University, Kabale University, and Busitema University.
According to the analysis of the list, St. Marys’ SS Kitende and Uganda Martyrs Namugongo who had 498 students and 363 students sit for A level last year, have been awarded 184 and 111 scholarships respectively, by government.
Mengo SS, Gombe SS and King’s College Budo follow with 71, 63 and 62 sponsored students respectively.
No school outside of the central region (Buganda) is in top 10 secondary schools that government awarded sponsorship for students going to universities for academic year 2019/2020.
According to the list, over 120 secondary schools will each have one student being sponsored by government, following the poor performance of the schools during last years A ‘level examinations.
Eastern and Northern Uganda are the worst performing regions, with Iganga Secondary Schools only managing to get 18 sponsorships from government. Mbale Secondary School and Jinja Progressive Secondary School Annex have 14.
Pope John Paul II College, Gulu could only manage to receive two sponsorships to top hat district. Mentor SS in Lira also got 2 sponsorships to top its peers in that district.
In West Nile region, Muni Girls SS and St. Josephs College, Ombac all in Arua each managed to get one student.
The Eastern and Northern regions have consistently performed poorly in national examinations in the recent years.
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