This article was first published in the New Vision on March 10, 2021 By Conan Businge Owners of private schools have written to Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), requesting it to withhold results of all fees defaulters. In a letter to UNEB’s executive secretary, the chairperson of the Private Proprietors of education Institutions Association of […]
By Admin The results of the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) – or O’Level – exams were released Thursday at State House, Nakasero by the education minister and First Lady, Janet Museveni. National exams body UNEB chairperson Mary Okwakol handed over the results to the minister for release. Here are the key statistics from […]
(This article was published on the New Vision site on February 9, 2023) By John Masaba KAMPALA – The English language has recorded an improvement in the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results released today by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) have indicated. The results indicated an improvement in the subject at credit level and […]
(This article was first published on the New Vision site on February 6, 2023) By Henry Sekanjako The Deputy Speaker of Parliament has asked the minister of education and sports to table before the House, a statement explaining the performance of learners with special needs. In his communication to the House on Wednesday, Thomas Tayebwa […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 26, 2022) By Godfrey Ojore “If we had learnt of it early enough, our learners would have followed it during the lockdown. As a school, we embrace it wholeheartedly,” Bertha Asekenye, the headteacher of Jeressar High School in Soroti, said. Asekenye said the new curriculum is hands-on and will be more […]
(Published on Wednesday, January 19, 2022) By George Bita With the reopening of education institutions, secondary school students have been introduced to a competence-based curriculum. Throughout January, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the curriculum. In the third article of the series, George Bita shines a light on the assessment process of the curriculum The […]
By Nelson Kiva (Published on Wednesday, January 12, 2022) New Curriculum To Produce Students With Employable Skills With the reopening of education institutions, secondary students are being introduced to a competence-based curriculum. This month, Mwalimu is exploring various aspects of the new curriculum. In the second article in the series, Nelson Kiva explores the roles […]
A child with 64 marks to get an ‘A’ UNEB exams will be short and precise UCE certificates to be descriptive The education ministry, through the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC), has concluded the assessment framework for the competence-based lower secondary school curriculum. The framework describes how S4 questions will be set by UNEB and […]
The cancellation of exam results is one of the major weapons the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) deploys to fight examination malpractice. While the UNEB Act, 2021 also provides for the suspension, among other penalties, of the exam centre if the school authorities are involved, the cancellation of results is seen as the most severe […]