Uganda, Feb. 17 -- Traditional academic powerhouses in the country are set to raise cut-off points for students joining Senior Five this year due to a slightly better performance in last year's O-Level examinations.

This will definitely create stiffer competition for bright students by the top academic giants.

However, schools in rural areas that, on the whole, performed worse than those in urban areas, are primed to lower the bar as they seek to attract more students.

Last year, Kings College Budo set the stiffest entry points, with boys required to have Aggregate 10 from the eight best subjects and Aggregate 11 for girls.

Mt St Mary's Namagunga had the same cut-off points for girls. St Mary's College, Kisubi is likely to raise the b...