SECTION B
51. Read the letter below carefully and then answer, in full sentences, the questions that follow:
Bundibugyo P/S
P.O.BUNDIBUGYO
2nd November, 2005
Dear Patel,
Thank you for your letter which was full of news. It is quite interesting to note that India too has a Universal Primary Education system.
In your letter you wanted answers to a number of questions concerning our Universal Primary Education (UPE) in short. First, you asked about the number of children that have benefited from UPE system. Well, the number of primary school-going children has increased suddenly from around two million in 1997 to about seven million in 2005. My country shall soon boast of a literate population.
Secondly, you wanted to know the attitude of my people towards the girl - child. You know, before UPE was introduced, most Ugandans believed that girls were expected to do nothing else but to remain at home to do all types of work. Funny enough, even girls and women had this same view about themselves. The girls could be married - off at quite an early age. Imagine, a girl of thirteen years of age being proposed for marriage!
Well, my dear Patel, things are now different. The girls are reading hard and many of them have reached high levels of education and have been appointed to top jobs in the country. We for example, have over a dozen women holding high posts in government. These women in my country.
It is my hope that I have answered your questions. Please let me know in your next letter something about your secondary education system. Once more, thank you for writing. Please extend my best greetings to your family.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Kambala
a) In which country does the writer of this letter live?
b) To whom is the letter addressed?
c) What view did the girls and women have about themselves before UPE was introduced?
d) In which way is the primary education system in the writer's country similar to that of his friend?
e) Why is it wrong for a girl of thirteen years of age to get married?
f) Give another word with the same meaning as each of the underlined words in the letter.
g) Who fights for the rights of the girl child in Uganda today?
h) Why do you think the wants information about the secondary education system in his friend's country?
52. The teachers' Arrival Book below shows the number of teachers of kasota Primary School who reported for duty on 2 - 10 - 2005. The school has a total of 19 teachers.
Study the given information carefully and answer, in full sentences, the questions that follow.
KASOTA PRIMARY SCHOOL, MUBENDE
The Teachers' Arrival Book
| Date | Name | Sex | Morning | Afternoon | Remarks |
| 2/10/2005 | M. Asekenye | F | 7.15 | 2.00 | Master on duty |
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" " " " " " " " " " |
S. Kityo | M | 7.30 | 2.00 | P.7 Class teacher |
| M. Gonya | M | 7.45 | A | Sent a medical form to the H/M. | |
| R. Jjeero | M | 11.00 | A | Gone to town | |
| P. Ssegujja | M | A | 2.00 | ? | |
| T. Nakalema | F | A | 2.00 | Gone to DEO's office to collect textbooks. | |
| T. Mbabazi | F | 8.00 | 2.00 | Social Studies teacher | |
| R.Nanyondo | F | 8.00 | A | Her baby cried the whole morning | |
| B. Mulindwa | M | A | 2.00 | ? | |
| M.Namatovu | F | 8.00 | 2.00 | Science teacher | |
| R. Okello | M | 8.00 | 3.00 | English teacher | |
| C.Kagenda | F | 8.00 | 2.00 | Mathematics teacher |
KEY:
A - Absent
F - Female
M - Male
? - No reason given.
a) In which district is Kasota Primary School found?
b) Give a reason why Asekenye came to school early.
c) Why do you think Gonya came to school early?
d) Who reported to school late for the afternoon session?
e) Why did Kityo come to school early?
f) Where do you think Nanyondo went in the afternoon?
g) Why was Mulindwa absent from school in the morning?
h) How many teachers did not report for duty that day?
i) Who do you think is the head teacher of this school?
j) Give a reason for your answer in (i) above.
53. Read the following poem carefully and then answer, in full sentences, the questions that follow:
Happy are John and Mary,
They have never touched a broom or a hoe:
On week days my uncle drives them to school,
On weekends they spend their time playing.
I, a poor herds boy, will never go to school,
My uncle says education is not for the orphans,
John and Mary say I am illiterate,
I cannot discuss with them.
Everyday I take animals to graze,
Every night I guard the home;
John and Mary call me a breathing machine,
Which never gets tired.
When a cow gets lost I am whipped,
When animals eat crops I am insulted;
John and Mary say I am useless,
I am not fit to stay at their home.
I am always in fear .........
Fear of the daily heat of the sun,
Fear of the daily cold at night:
Happy are the children of my uncle.
a) What do John and Mary do on weekends?
b) According to the poem, which children are not sent to school?
c) Why do John and Mary not want to discuss with the herds boy?
d) Why do they compare the herds' boy to a machine?
e) When is the herds' boy whipped?
f) What does the herds' boy fear at night?
g) What kind of life does the herds' boy lead?
h) What kind of person is the herds' boy's uncle?
In each of questions (i) and (j), give a word or group of words with the, same meaning as the underlined word in the poem.
(i) Illiterate:
(j) Insulted:
54. The following sentences are in a wrong order. Re - arrange them correctly to make a story about "BIRTHDAY PARTIES".
a) However, these preparations cannot be left to one person.
b) The size depends on the amount of money available.
c) These parties are of different sizes.
d) It also means that the bigger the party, the more the guests.
e) Unfortunately, not all of us recognize our birthdays.
f) This is because there is a lot to be done.
g) The more the guests, the more the preparations involved.
h) Those who recognize their birthdays usually hold parties.
i) Each of us has a birthday.
j) This means that the more the money, the bigger the party.
55. Your father or guardian has gone to America for one month. The first school term is beginning soon. You can't go to school because you have not paid for the school uniform.
Using your home address and school address, write an official letter to your headmaster or headmistress begging for permission to return to school without paying for school uniform. Promise that you will pay for school uniform when your father or guardian returns from America.