Head teachers of top schools such as Buddo College, St. Marys Namagunga and St Marys Kisubi are among hundreds of headmasters who have converged to select candidates for S5 class of academic year 2012.

The head teachers are supposed to select their favourite students out of the 267, 024 students who sat UCE examinations in 2011.

Out of the 267,024 students, 254, 220 obtained UCE certificate making them eligible to join Senior Five, Primary Teachers’ Colleges and Business Technical Vocational institutions among others. Considering improved performance in last year’s UCE exams, most schools have hiked the cut off points for S5 candidates.

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