S4 candidate faints after Uneb official tears her paper

Bundibugyo. Panic gripped students of Kabango Seed Secondary School in Bundibugyo District after a Senior Four candidate fainted during the ongoing national examinations.
Ms Sylvia Mbambu fainted after a Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) official reportedly tore her answer sheet, accusing her of failing to submit it within the stipulated examination time.
This was during the History Paper I exam on Tuesday morning.
According to Mr Robert Kalemire Masereka, the school head teacher, the candidate suffers from heart complications. He said she fainted after the invigilator, Mr Winston Mulako told the candidates that the time was up and demanded that they immediately hand over their examination answer sheets.
However, according to the headmaster, Ms Mbambu continued writing, which prompted Mr Mulako to grab her answer sheet from her. In the process, the paper was torn.
Ms Mbambu fainted after the invigilator’s act. This angered the other candidates, who turned hostile towards the invigilator. The invigilator was quickly whisked away by police.
Ms Mbambu was admitted to a nearby clinic at Kabango Trading Centre and later discharged upon regaining her consciousness. She sat the afternoon examination paper.
“During the briefing, the students were told that any torn paper shall not be recognised by Uneb. I think that is why she fainted,” Mr Masereka told Daily Monitor.
Mr Mulako yesterday admitted to the incident and said he regretted his action.
The overall Uneb supervisor for Bundibugyo District, Mr Francis Muhereza, said the matter had been resolved, without delving into details.
Uneb executive secretary Dan Odongo told Daily Monitor yesterday that he had been told about the incident, and said the student’s paper will be marked like any other since only a small part of it was torn.
“She was asked to stop writing but she continued when time was up. The candidate has done the rest of the papers. To us, what happened is not tantamount to misconduct on the part of the invigilator. He was dealing with a stubborn student,” Mr Odongo said.

Additional reporting by Patience Ahimbisibwe