Only one government school pupil gets first grade in Amolatar mock exams

23 September 2026, 9:48 pm

By Sarah Ejang and Gerlad Odongo

Private primary schools have heavily outperformed government-aided institutions in the newly released Amolatar District 2026 primary mock examinations.

 Out of 2,875 registered candidates across 104 schools, only 28 pupils achieved Division One (First Grade).

Remarkably, 27 of the first grades came from private school, leaving the district’s 52 government-aided schools with just a single Division One placement.

While releasing the results on behalf of the District Inspector of Schools (DIS), Mr. Tita James noted a sharp contrast in subject performance. Integrated Science emerged as the best-performed subject, whereas Mathematics was the worst-performed.

 Performance Breakdown by Division  Of the 2,875 candidates who registered for the mock exams:  Division I: 28 pupils Division II: 356 pupils  Division III: 369 pupils Division IV: 615 pupils Division U 1,427 pupils Division X 79 pupils

Top Performing Schools Omara Ebek Primary School saved the government’s image by producing the only Division One candidate among all 52 public schools.

District Rankings (Top 10)Top 10 Government Schools: Amolatar Primary, Otira P.S., Alemere Demonstration School, Muntu P.S., Abwong P.S., Omara Ebek P.S., Burakwana P.S., Abarler P.S., Akuriluba P.S., and Akwon P.S.

Top 10 Private Schools: Green Valley, Global Leaders, Ebenezer P.S., Storm P.S., Upland P.S., Destiny P.S., Potters P.S., Alpha P.S., Galaxy P.S., and Chrisco P.S.

The DEO Mr. Peter Obote blamed the poor results on the uncompleted syllabus during Mock time.

He appealed to headteachers  to take full  responsibilities of their duties urging them to call up immediate meetings and scale up how they can acquire better performance in the forth coming Primary Leaving Examinations 2026.

James Odongo the Clerk to Council speaking on behalf of the Chief Administrative Officer reiterated that a success in education comes with a collective action and so each cluster should execute its roles perfectly if a success is to be realised in the education sector in Amolatar District.

The Vice Chairperson LC5 of Amolatar district, Margret Olul attributed the poor performance to lack of commitment like late reporting by some staff and limited time as well as poor welfare for teachers resulting to the poor results.

Besides, she also reiterated that with the just concluded community Barazas, poor performing schools will soon be answerable as to why they can’t produce better results.