The Uganda National Examinations Board has come out to lash at the module use of pre-entry examinations as a prerequisite for admission to Law course at Makerere University and Uganda Christian University insisting that the two universities should use the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results as a basis for admission.
This comes after numerous students failed to make it to Law School at University failing to beat the pass mark even after excelling highly at UACE. UNEB adds that the additional vetting examinations are costly to some parents. Mr Saverio Pido, UNEB’s Head of Research Unit, says pre-entry examinations impose a double cost to parents.
As a result, some students from poor backgrounds who passed UACE examinations have failed to access the law course because they don’t have the money for pre-entry examinations. The board now wants the policy on admissions into the law school reviewed.
The Board is now planning on scrapping off the policy of pre-entry exams as a prerequisite of joining law school to make it easy for every student regardless of background to join or realize their law dreams.
