Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board – UNEB has said many candidates who sat for the 2019 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education examinations failed because they misunderstood questions According to the examination body, while the performance of learners improved this year the work of candidates’ reports …
Read More »UACE results: UNEB withholds school results over arrears
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the schools whose results from last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Educations examinations have been withheld owe the examination body money, URN has learnt. According to Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB, the affected schools have arrears for registration and protest fees, which are paid …
Read More »Hearing of UCE withheld results cases starts on Monday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hearing of cases against schools whose Uganda Certificate of Education results were withheld by the Uganda National Examinations board is scheldued to start on Monday March 2, 2020. A total of 1,262 candidates from over 40 schools had their results withheld on suspicition of engaging …
Read More »Only 10% of candidates sit for science subjects at UACE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of candidates that opted to sit for Science related combinations at Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) remains low according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). The revelation was made during the release of the UACE examination results that took place in …
Read More »UACE: UNEB withholds results of 120 candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has withheld Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations –UACE results of 120 candidates from 26 centers for alleged malpractice. The UNEB Executive Secretary, Dan Nokrach Odongo disclosed this while releasing the UACE results at the Office of the Prime Minister Thursday …
Read More »UACE results out, failure rate in Biology worries UNEB
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) chairperson Prof Mary Okwakol has commenced the release of the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results, by stating their concern about the performance in Biology. “Biology continues to be a cause of concern. In the last 4 years, …
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Creating generation next Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What will Uganda be like 20 years from now when the current Vision 2040 ends? What jobs will they do and what life will they lead, what diseases will they grapple with, and what will they eat? To get a …
Read More »New districts trail in UCE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New districts carved out of the top-performing districts have trailed in the just-released Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE results. A deeper look at the figures released by Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB on today shows that districts created 2010, and those that started operations from 2016, are …
Read More »UCE SPECIAL: Summary of results, comparisons, top subjects
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. …
Read More »UNEB withholds 1,262 UCE results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB has withheld UCE results of 1,262 candidates over examination malpractices. According to UNEB, there was a decrease in examination malpractices compared to 2018 when 1,825 candidates had their results withheld. Speaking at the release of the 2019 UCE results on …
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