Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education authorities in Gulu have expressed concern about the reduction in the number of candidates sitting for the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education – UACE. Only 889 students registered for the exams compared to over 1,200 candidates in the previous 2019 and previous years. Churchill …
Read More »2020 Exams: UNEB investigating decline in the number of UCE, UACE candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board is investigating the decrease in the number of candidates in the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) cycles. The examinations body says it has recorded a significant decline in the number of candidates who registered …
Read More »UACE: Exams start late in most parts of the country
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) started late in most parts of the country this morning despite the good weather. At many schools that Uganda Radio Network (URN) visited, examinations begun after the designated time of 9:00 a.m. In Kampala, Wakiso, Mbarara and many other …
Read More »Caution against exam malpractice dominates UACE briefing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headteachers have cautioned senior six candidates not to get involved in any form of examination malpractice. At some of the schools where URN reporters attended briefing sessions, candidates were cautioned to avoid being tempted to buy examination papers. Rogers Kimbugwe, the headteacher of Comprehensive …
Read More »100 candidates miss PLE in Busia
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 pupils have missed Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE in Busia district. Last year 5,708 candidates registered for the examinations that started on Tuesday. The pupils were from Namala, Makunda, Mbehenyi, Buhobe, Bwerero, Mawero, Busitema, Bujwanga and Magale primary schools. Records from the district education department indicate …
Read More »Many pupils to sit PLE without geometry sets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district educationists are worried that many pupils are set to sit their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) without essential school study requirements like geometry sets, rulers and pens. The district inspector of schools, George Wiliam Mwanje says that the requirements which some pupils are lacking …
Read More »56 Lubiri SS candidates arrested during protest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 56 candidates of Lubiri Secondary School have been arrested amidst protests against corporal punishment and poor learning conditions, among other issues. The arrested include three senior four candidates and 53 senior six candidates. Jonathan Badugala, one of the arrested students says ever …
Read More »200 pupils in Gulu to miss PLE
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 candidates in Gulu district will not be sitting for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Statistics from the Gulu district Senior Probation and Welfare Officer Jessica Anena indicates that 2,877 candidates were enrolled in Primary Seven this year but only 2,665 were registered …
Read More »UNEB, education ministry in talks over marking centers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB is holding talks with the Ministry of Education and Sports regarding schools that will host marking centers for the 2020 examinations. Mike Nangosya Masikye, the Director Examination at UNEB, has revealed that part of the on-going discussion is looking at …
Read More »UCE candidates in Gulu bothered by failure to complete syllabus
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) candidates in Gulu district are bothered by the failure to complete the O’level syllabus before the start of their final examinations this week. The learners were disrupted when schools were closed in March 2020, as coronavirus disease paralysed the world …
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