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 …
Read More »Over 97000 fail PLE exams
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The results of the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations released on Friday indicated that at least 97000 pupils failed the exams and will have to repeat the class. Presenting the results at State House Nakasero, the UNEB Executive Director, Dan. N. Odongo said of the 832654 …
Read More »PLE: Boys ‘outsmart’ girls, but exam malpractice on the rise
🔵 NEXT TERM ✳ Schools ordered not to increase fees ✳ S1 Selection Feb 2 & 3 at UMA hall ✳ S1 First Term starts Feb 20 🔵 SMS PROCESS FOR RESULTS ✳ Open SMS. Type PLE <space> Index no ✳ Send to 6600. For example PLE 003400/001 and send to 6600 ✳ Each SMS …
Read More »Exam bodies seek more funding in new financial year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Examinations boards under the Department of Business Technical Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) have courted Parliament’s Education and Sports Committee for more funding in the 2023/2024 Financial Year. The Committee chaired by John Twesigye Ntamuhira received the proposed budget estimates for the boards on …
Read More »UNEB: Continuous assessment now part of O’Level exams
After a 3 year delay, UNEB to start receiving continuous assessment scores Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has finalized mechanisms that will be used by schools to transmit students’ school-based assessments under the new lower secondary curriculum. Unlike the old curriculum, which relied solely on …
Read More »Bukalasi SS economics students fail to turn up for UACE
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three senior six candidates of Bukalasi Secondary School in Bududa district failed to show up on Monday for their Economics paper on day one of the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examinations-UACE. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) began conducting UACE for all A’ level candidates beginning …
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