Post by Anja Nieser on Oct 1, 2006 6:15:20 GMT -5
Death row inmates to write exams in Uganda
Johannesburg (AND) 90 criminals on death row at the Luzira Prison in
Uganda will sit for this year's Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb)
examinations.
The Daily Monitor reported that Apollo Asinja, the Uganda Prison Service
publicist, told the newspaper that more prisoners have enrolled for higher
education this year than in the past. The prison is encouraging inmates
serving long sentences to improve their education.
Luziras Upper Prison houses inmates who have committed capital offences
such as murder. This year candidates of primary leaving, Olevel and Alevel
exams have increased by 8.
According to Asinja 30 prison candidates would like to earn a PLE
certificate, while 32 others will take on the rest of the country at the
Olevel exams. The remainder will take on the Alevel, which could see them
through to undergraduate university courses next year.
Of those hoping to make it to university, 5 are serving life sentences
while 2 are on death row. The overall performance of prison candidates has
improved over the years since Uneb officially certified Luzira Prison as
an examination centre in 1998.
Out of the Alevel class of 2005, 4 candidates registered have 3 principal
passes each while 7 have 2.
(source: African News Dimension)
Johannesburg (AND) 90 criminals on death row at the Luzira Prison in
Uganda will sit for this year's Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb)
examinations.
The Daily Monitor reported that Apollo Asinja, the Uganda Prison Service
publicist, told the newspaper that more prisoners have enrolled for higher
education this year than in the past. The prison is encouraging inmates
serving long sentences to improve their education.
Luziras Upper Prison houses inmates who have committed capital offences
such as murder. This year candidates of primary leaving, Olevel and Alevel
exams have increased by 8.
According to Asinja 30 prison candidates would like to earn a PLE
certificate, while 32 others will take on the rest of the country at the
Olevel exams. The remainder will take on the Alevel, which could see them
through to undergraduate university courses next year.
Of those hoping to make it to university, 5 are serving life sentences
while 2 are on death row. The overall performance of prison candidates has
improved over the years since Uneb officially certified Luzira Prison as
an examination centre in 1998.
Out of the Alevel class of 2005, 4 candidates registered have 3 principal
passes each while 7 have 2.
(source: African News Dimension)