The 'demons' in the exam room
In November 2018, half an hour into the national primary-leaving mathematics exam, candidates at Kiwawu Church of Uganda Primary School in Mityana began screaming and running about, and exams stopped for nearly two hours.
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The account
Ten of the school's 85 candidates were affected. The school had closed earlier in the term after many pupils fell ill, and parents had hired traditional healers before classes resumed; priests prayed over the pupils during the exam. Hospital doctors found nothing physically wrong. Similar 'demon attacks' have closed schools across Uganda. The point is approximate.
The sceptical view
Psychologists and doctors interviewed by the Daily Monitor attributed it to mass psychogenic illness linked to exam stress.