The Makerere University Academic Registrar’s department yesterday 4th May 2015 released the much-awaited results from the pre-entry exams that were sat on 11th April 2015.
The results which can be accessed on the noticeboards infront of the main entrance to the senate building show that a paltry 397 (19%) of the 2082 S.6 leavers who sat the exam achieved the pre-requisite 50% passmark on which the institution will base to select those who qualify for admission to law school.
The top 5 candidates were:
1: Aheebwa Majiri Samantha from Gayaza High School with 78%,
2: Okoth Victor from St Mary’s College Kisubi with 71%,
3: Lamwaka Patricia from Gayaza High School with 70%,
4: Okuku Patience Spinoza from St. Mary’s College Kisubi with 70, and
5: Akwi Edith Patience from Kibuli S.S. With 69%.
The worst performing S.6 candidate in the Makerere University 2015 law pre-entry results was from Kyaddondo S.S with a miserable 16% of the total mark.
Of the 2082 S.6 leavers, 1685 (81%) scored below the 50% passmark, implying that they are ineligible for admission to law school in the 2015/2016 academic year. Many of the students who sat the pre entry that this writer found at the noticeboard were visibly disappointed with their results and some of them were heard ruing why they bothered to spend the UGX 82,000/= they paid to sit the pre entry and the over UGX 100,000/= that they paid for “coaching” in preparation for the exam, all in the name of chasing a dream that eventually proved impossible to attain. They left the place disconsolate.
Among the 75 degree holders who also sat the pre entry, Aryee Edgar who got his earlier degree from Makerere University emerged at the top of the pile with 69% while the at the bottom of the pile was another graduate from the same university who managed to salvage only 39%. Kabuuka Micheal trounced 33 other mature age candidates who also sat the exam with 72% percent of the total mark while Kato Lynn Peter with a diploma from the Law Development Centre was the best among the over 60 diploma holders who sat for the pre entry with 65% of the total mark.
On the results, the academic registrar also made it clear that only those S.6 leavers who applied for Law as one of their choices on the PUJAB forms qualify to compete for government sponsorship. This move is probably meant to forestall a repeat of the problems that the university found itself in last year when one of the candidates, John Manzi, who had sat and excelled in the law pre entry exams but was not admitted for the law programme on account that he had not applied for it on his PUJAB forms went to court and challenged the university’s decision. Court granted the student’s prayers and ordered the university to admit him.
The notice further goes ahead to advise those who will not have qualified for government sponsorship to apply for law on private sponsorship.
It should be noted that even after attaining the 50% passmark, the students still have to wait with baited breath to find out if they have been admitted for the law course as the university has few places that may not accommodate all those that may have passed the pre entry.
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