The Minister of Education and Sports Jessica Alupo has praised the role played by nurses and midwives in the delivery of health services in Uganda.

Jessica Alupo, Minister of Education and Sports

She says nurses play an important role at every level of health service deliver and proper training and facilitation is key to maintain a good human resource base in the health sector.

The minister was speaking Thursday at the releasing of national examination results for nurses and midwives.

According to the results, 2099 (95.7%) students passed compared to 1495 (93%) indicating a 2.7% improvement in performance.

Alupo was happy on the improved performance saying that of the 2,295 students that sat their examinations in May 2011, 1,470 performed above average at credit level, 584 at pass level and 45 students obtained distinctions.

A total of 94 students were ungraded in the examinations conducted between 2 and 6 May 2011in 36 accredited Nursing Institutions of Uganda.

Females are still the majority of those registering and sitting the exams, with 1,587 female candidates ( 66.2%) in the 2011 exams, compared to 708 male candidates (33.8%).

Those who have passed these exams are eligible to be registered by the Uganda National Council of Nurses and Midwives which accredits all registered nurses in the country.