Tag Archives: UCE

Mukono, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  A few school head teachers within Mukono district have challenged Uganda National Examinations Board – UNEB secretary, Dan Odongo on discouraging schools from complete the syllabus in senior three. Odongo in his statement while releasing results of the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The highs and lows of the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Examination results show that the number of registered candidates increased by 0.7%, performance was better than that of 2018, with 92.2% candidates passing compared to 87.2%, but nearly half of the students who sat failed physics and chemistry papers. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly half of the students who sat for the Uganda Certificate of Education- UCE exams failed Physics and Chemistry papers. Results released this morning by the Uganda National Examinations Board indicate that at least 166,530, out of the 333,060 students who sat for the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni said she is happy to hear that more girls sat for the Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE exams in 2019. According to Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB, 169,258 girls registered and sat for the 2019 exams against …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kitgum district is holding the director and deputy headteacher of Crane Integrated College; a private school in Pager division, Kitgum Municipality over the alleged theft and extortion. The arrest follows complaints raised against the of the school administrators by parents whose children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The police have lowered the entry qualification for Police Constables. In the past, the qualification was strictly Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE), however, this year’s recruitment will see even those holding a Uganda Advanced Certificate (UCE) or its equivalent join the Uganda Police Force …

Students cannot pass without being taught, experts tell the government as 2018 UCE results show high failure rates Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA AND JULIUS BUSINGE | While releasing the results of the 2018 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations on Jan.31, the Chairperson of the Uganda National Examinations Board …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Minister Janet Museveni and the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) have criticized the practice of candidates cramming answers and spotting questions as counterproductive. According to UNEB, there was significant evidence in the 2018 Uganda Certificate Examinations (UCE) of some candidates finding difficulties …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE examination results are scheduled to be released on Thursday this week. A statement from the Education and Sports Ministry indicates that the results will be released at the offices of Uganda Bureau of Statistics at 2:30 pm. Education and Sports …

Why 14 years after government made sciences compulsory, failure rate remains high Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Physics was the worst done subject in the recently released O’ Level examinations. Only 2,280 of the 326,212 students that sat the exams scored over 70%. Another 40,000 scored over 55%. The rest, …