Ugandan candidates who sat nursing exams last year performed poorly and the ministry of education has requested them to reseat the examinations. The exam results were released Monday.
The candidates sat the exams last year in November. Out of the 2,295 candidates who sat for final examinations, from 33 accredited nursing schools in the country, majority of the candidates performed poorly.
The candidates included diploma and certificates nursing students. It was only three candidates who got distinctions, and only 647 passed with credit scores.
The examinations for the nursing were conducted by the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board. The Board runs two examinations in a single year; that is in May and November. Diploma candidates write their exams in November while Certificate Candidates sit theirs in May.
The executive secretary ofUganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board, Helen Mukakarisa has attributed the decline in the students’ performance to the big number of public institutions which could be having the shortage of qualified tutors.