Kabaka, Besigye former schools excel in PLE

Kyamate Primary School in Ntungamo District where both President Museveni and his wife Janet Museveni completed their primary education, produced four candidates in Division One in the just released Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results.
Opposition icon Dr Kizza Besigye’s former primary school, Mbarara Junior, Kabaka Ronald Mutebi’s Budo Junior and the Eastern Youth Member of Parliament Anna Adeke Ejalu’s former school, Kireka Grammar Primary School, are among the top performers.
Mbarara Junior School had 133 candidates in Division One, Budo Junior had 136 candidates in Division One and Kireka Grammar Primary School got 103 in Division One.
Other prominent legislators whose former schools are among the top performers are Amelia Kyambadde (Gayaza Junior Primary School), Rosemary Sseninde (St Agnes Girls’ Primary School, Naggalama) and Agnes Akiror Egunyu (Madera Girls Primary School).
Kisubi Boys Primary School where Gen Katumba Wamala sat his PLE, Kinyasano Boarding Primary School, where Dr Besigye started his primary education, St Hellens Primary School for Beti Kamya, Blessed Sacrament School for Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi posted good performance.
Ms Ruth Nankabirwa’s Bamusuuta Primary School and Mulajje Primary School, where the State minister for Higher Education, Mr John Chrysostom Muyingo completed, also excelled.
At the tail end are schools which did not get any candidate in Division One. These include Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga’s former school, Shimoni Demonstration School, her deputy Jacob Oulanyah’s Lalogi Primary School and Burunga Primary School for Security minister Gen Elly Tumwine.
Others are St Paul Primary School, Angopet for Hillary Onek, Muruli Mukasa’s Kimengo Primary School, Wandegeya Muslim Primary School where Bernard Atiku did PLE and minister Irene Muloni’s Budadiri Girls’ Primary School, Busamaga Primary School for Nandala Mafabi and Moses Ali’s Erepi Primary School, all had no Division One.
Also on the list of schools that did not register a candidate in Division One include Lukome Primary School, where Beatrice Anywar did PLE, Keihangara Primary School for Engineer John Byabagambi and Namunyumya Mixed Primary School, where Prof Mary Okwakol, the Uneb chairperson, completed primary education.
The central region Youth MP Sarah Babirye Kityo’s Luweero SDA Primary School, Bisozi Primary School for Frank Tumwebaze, Evelyn Anite’s Arua Hill Primary School, Laropi Primary School where the State minister for Primary Health Moriku Kaducu sat, St Peter’s Primary and Kisinga Primary schools where Peace Mutuuzo and Winfred Kiiza, the former leader of Opposition, sat respectively all had no candidate in Division One.
The results released by Uneb on Thursday show that most of the schools where some of the prominent leaders studied in their childhood have continued to lag behind, with a handful still able to make progress in academic performance.
While the results have shown some progress over the years, traditional schools where many of the current leaders studied have continued to deteriorate in academic performance as private schools excel.