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ADJUMANI AMONG BEST WESTNILE PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN 2025 PLE.

By Bazio Doreen.At least 111 applicants passed Division One out of the 5,896 students who took the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in Adjumani District, including both citizens and refugees. Of these, 33 were girls and 78 were boys, making up 1.9% of all candidates.The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) issued the PLE 2025 divisional distribution chart, which shows that 1,502 candidates including 931 boys and 571 girls passed in Division Two, making up 25.8% of the total. In Division Three, 1,907 candidate including 1,094 boys and 813 girls passed, accounting for 32.7% of the total.Meanwhile, 1,008 candidates (17.3%) received Division Four (568 males and 440 females), and 1,297 candidates (22.3%) received Division U (594 males and 703 females). An additional 71 applicants including 35 boys and 36 girls, or 1.2% of the total obtained Division X. In order to address the declining performance of students in the region on national exams, West Nile leaders are now advocating for increased affirmative action. West Nile, which consists of 13 districts, one city, and two municipalities, had just 886 candidates pass in Division 1 from 46,926 candidates, with the remainder going into other divisions like 2, 3, 4, and X.The West Nile results show Arua City leading with 363 first-grade candidates, followed by Adjumani District with 111, Koboko with 98, Yumbe with 63, Maracha with 47, Pakwach with 38, Moyo with 35, Terego with 31, Nebbi Municipality with 26, Zombo with 25, Nebbi District with 24, Arua District with 13, and Koboko District with 10 first grades.The teachers' strike from the previous year, unfavorable learning conditions, and other issues have been blamed by stakeholders for the subpar results. END

ADJUMANI APPOINTS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE DISTRICT SERVICE COMMISSION.

By Bazio Doreen. Adjumani District has appointed two new members to the District Service Commission.The District Chairperson appointed Mr. Amajuru Simon Madraru as the Chairperson of the Commission while Ms. Vudra Margaret Dia was appointed as a member.Mr. Amajuru replaces Mr. Kibrai Moses who resigned on 30th May 2025 after serving two terms to join elective politics during the 2025 NRM primaries for the Adjumani West Member of Parliament.While congratulating the members at the swearing in event at the District Council Hall on 5th January 2026, Hon. Anyama Ben, the District Chairperson observed that with this move, the commission is now fully functional and there would be no further delays in recruitments, appointments and promotions.Hon. Anyama, tasked the Mr. Amajuru to ensure that the commission gives equal distribution of jobs across the district’s 11 sub counties.Hon. Anyama also rallied the new Chairperson to decisively use a corruption free approach to work on disciplinary issues that have been long overdue by some staff.“This thing I have been hearing, so and so is giving money for the commission, you will be exposed this time round. I don’t want to hear anything like eating government money. I control a lot of resources but you have never heard that I have eaten any public funds,” Hon. Anyama said.Earlier, while being sworn in by the Chief Magistrate, His Lordship, Ojok Tony Obonyo, Mr. Amajuru pledged to work closely with all stakeholders, improve credibility of the commission and ensure that people get appointments on merit and in a corruption freeway.“I didn’t lobby for this position. I am taking over this office on merit. I don’t want any lobbying in my office. For those who have been saying that you permanent and pensionable, just like you are being recruited, you can be disappointed in public interest,” Mr. Amajuru said.The Chief Administrative Officer was represented by Edema Richard Draciri, who pledged cooperation, support and smooth takeover of the office.Other members of the commission include: Rev. Sr. Maia Frances, Mr. Amoko Eugene Gudu, and Hon. Anyama Saul.   Each member of the commission serves for 4 years.END.

25% OF TVET STUDENTS IN WEST NILE HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

By Anzoo Evaline and Bazio Doreen.25% of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students in West Nile have experienced sexual violence according to a 2025 baseline survey report for the safety and protection of children.The perpetrators are said to be fellow students, teachers and community members while the main places where violence occurs were cited as: classrooms, school compounds, dormitories/hostels, bushy areas near schools and on outings/tours.The main drivers of violence against children in schools identified are: economic hardships, parenting gaps, peer pressure, harmful cultural practices as well as drug and alcohol abuse.The findings also show that: 24.5% and 25.5% of secondary school students had experienced physical and economic violence respectively; only 74.5% schools included child protection in their school development plans; and 25.5% teachers lacked skills on child protection.While presenting the survey’s findings to key stakeholders from Ma’di Sub Region at the Adjumani District Council Hall on 6th November 2025, Obong Peter (PhD), the lead researcher said that the aim of the survey was to generate evidence to strengthen child protection in secondary schools and institutions of learning in line with the National Strategic Plan (NSP VACiS 2015–2020).The survey covered 51 schools, and 1,003 (505 male, 498 female) students across nine West Nile districts of Adjumani, Moyo, Terego, Yumbe, Koboko, Maracha, Madi-Okollo, Obongi, and Arua. Other key informants were Police Officers, District Education Office staff, Teenage mothers, Community Development Officers, and NGOs.The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and Windle International under the Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (USEEP).  On his part, Dima Robert, the Adjumani District Education Officer, confirmed poor parenting as contributor of violence against school going children urging stakeholders to scale up sensitization and awareness creation.“Poor parenting is one of the causes of violence among students. Some community activities expose learners to bad peer groups. We need regular parents’ meetings to create awareness on better parenting methods,” Dima stated.Similarly, Jomaring Japheth Joel, the Head Teacher Idiwa Secondary School in Palorinya Refugee Settlement Obongi district, observed a knowledge gap within both students, and their parents. “Financial challenges, early and forced marriages, and girls’ lack of sexual and reproductive health information are contributing factors,” Jomaring said.Samuel Mpibaza Hashaka, the Resident District Commissioner Obongi is now calling for a joint and concerted effort by all duty bearers and key stakeholders to join the fight against violence that targets school going children.“We are doing worse than Karamoja and as far as children are concerned, especially those at school and those who are supposed to be at school. And I want to say we are at crisis level early marriages, teenage pregnancies, defilement are the order of the day. So, we have to put our efforts together to make sure we stop this violation of the children's rights because we, the stakeholders, and the parents are not doing enough,” said Hashaka.Fortunately, Obong in his report also stressed that protection measures have been put in place to prevent the vice in schools.“74.5% of schools have integrated child protection in their School Development Plans, Guidance & Counselling stands at (21.7%), VAC sensitization (17.8%) Menstrual Hygiene Management (17.1%), 80% of teachers accessed training in 2024,” Obong stated.Ocen Julius, the Program Manager, Windle International, also recommended that more capacity building trainings need to be conducted.  “We need to strengthen capacity building, increase resource allocation to boost funding to support child protection activities and infrastructure, improve reporting and referral systems, support vulnerable learners to introduce counselling, ensure childcare support for teenage mothers, and enhance community and parental engagement to reduce stigma,” Ocen recommended.Meanwhile, district leaders in the Madi Sub-region praised the Ministry for spearheading the assessment and committed to using the findings to improve the safety and wellbeing of learners. They also pledged to collaborate with MoES, NGOs, and school administrations to close the identified gaps and ensure safe, inclusive, and protective learning environments in all schools.The dissemination meeting brought together district leaders from Adjumani, Obongi, and Moyo, head teachers, District Education Officers (DEOs), Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs), and education stakeholders. END.