Kampala, Uganda | NEWS ANALYSIS | There is uncertainty regarding the fate of students who will fail the examinations or do not turn up for this year’s Uganda Certificate of Education- UCE Exams. This is as the Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB prepares to administer final examinations under the phasing out …
Read More »ICPAU: Accountancy exam failure rates worrying
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The pass rate for accountancy students continues to worry, with only 32.9 percent of the 3919 passing the August exams of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU). This, however, is an improvement of 0.3 percent from the June 2023 exam. According to …
Read More »LIRA: Over 400 pupils fail primary leaving mock exams
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 461 Primary Seven candidates failed Primary Leaving Mock Examinations set by the Lira City Council Examination Board. The city registered 5,593 candidates to sit for this year’s Mock exams in both public and private primary schools in Lira. But according to the results released on …
Read More »UNEB starts trials for new secondary schools curriculum examinations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has begun testing sample questions for the assessment under the recently revised lower secondary school curriculum. In 2020, the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) undertook a comprehensive revision of the lower secondary curriculum, emphasizing a shift towards competency-based …
Read More »TVET: 4,671 candidates miss exams
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 4,671 candidates enrolled by the Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) missed the April/May TVET exams. According to UBTEB’s data, out of the 13,209 candidates registered across 262 examination centers for the final program exams, 8,538 sat for the exams, while 4,671 candidates …
Read More »Exam code system puzzles repeaters as UBTEB Exams start
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) commences its July/August assessment session, a few challenges have emerged. Students who are retaking papers have encountered disruptions due to examination codes. Our reporter, who was present at the UBTEB center on Monday morning, observed …
Read More »UBTEB exams commence Monday with increase in candidature
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board-UBTEB is set to kick off its examinations on Monday next week, marking the beginning of a crucial three-week period for 64,387 candidates from 517 centers. Onesmus Oyesigye, the UBTEB Executive Secretary, says for this time’s candidature has surged …
Read More »UBTEB to blacklist repetitive exam cheaters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) has taken a tough stance against examination malpractice by implementing new guidelines aimed at stemming the vice. Jalia Nassaza, the manager of vocational Education at UBTEB, says under the guidelines, if a student is caught cheating …
Read More »UNEB’s Odongo not amused by candidates ‘cracking jokes’ in exams
UNEB to probe humor and zero scores by UACE candidates Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the candidates who sat for the Advanced Level Examinations last year, were ill-prepared and failed to answer any question as set, resorting to humour and other irrelevancies, according to the Executive Director …
Read More »RESULTS: 67,000 UACE candidates qualify to join university
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 67,815 out of 97,890 candidates who sat the 2022 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations-UACE have qualified to join a university this year. Speaking on Friday at the office of the Prime Minister in Kampala, Dan Odongo, the Uneb Executive Secretary said those …
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