A 17-year-old girl in Serere District on Tuesday gave birth during the Primary Leaving Exams-PLE.
The candidate from Kyere Primary School, whose identity has been withheld because she is a minor was in the middle of her mathematics exam when her labor pains started.
Herbert Ejalu, the Headteacher of Kyere Township Primary School says that the candidate raised her hand and asked to be excused from the exam room.
She was rushed to a health facility, where she gave birth to a baby girl.
Ejalu says that although the candidate was weak, she returned to school and completed the exam and also sat for the SST & RE exam in the afternoon.
Last year, a 16- year- old girl sat her Primary Leaving Examination- PLE at Serere Health Centre IV after giving birth.
The candidate was one of the candidates who registered for PLE in Serere district after conceiving during the COVID-19 lockdown.
In Bukedea district, one of the pupils who delivered a baby girl last week is among the candidates sitting for exams in Kanyanga Primary School of Malera Sub County.
The 16-year-old girl wrote her examination under the tree to be able to attend to the baby who is only four days old.
According to Stephen Okello, the Head Teacher of Kanyanga Primary School, the candidate among the three child mothers sitting for examinations in his school.
He says the other two girls are pregnant and may complete their papers before delivery.