The minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo, has issued a stern warning to schools that have failed to register students for their national exams after mismanaging registration fees. He described this as a criminal act under the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Act of 2021. The warning came as the Uganda Certificate…
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the official timetables for the 2025 national examinations, encompassing the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE). The examination period will commence with the UCE on October 13, 2025, followed by the PLE on November 3 2025, and…
Girls out performed boys in the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education exams released today continuing a trend that has been on for the last ten years. The results show a slight drop in overall performance with 98.8% of the candidates passing in 2024 compared to 99.2% who passed in 2023. At least 54,338 (38.6%) candidates…
Under the previous O-Level examination assessment system, it was easy for schools, parents and other stakeholders to grade the performance of students. UCE results were graded based on aggregates and divisions (first to fourth). This made it easy for school owners and other stakeholders to determine what “good performance” entailed. If say 290 out of…
