Students joining Senior One will face stiff competition for the limited vacancies in the top secondary schools in the country.
Most schools especially traditional schools across the country are expected to hike the cut off points for senior one entrants following the improved performance that was registered by the Uganda national examination board.
The 2019 primary leaving examinations results released on Friday showed improved performance, with a pass rate of 90.6% compared to last year’s 88.4%, which shows an improvement of 2.2%.
However, the improved performance and increased number of candidates means many parents are likely to get disappointed as their sons and daughters fail to make it to schools of their first choice owing to the stiff competition.
The commissioner secondary education, Sam Kuloba says that schools determine their cut off points basing on the performance of the pupils and the number of applicants who ask for admission in their schools.
He says that in cases where pupils perform well, schools tend to hike their points.
The ministry of education has set 23 and 24 January as the selection date for senior one.
