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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda National Examinations Board is investigating the decrease in the number of candidates in the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) cycles. The examinations body says it has recorded a significant decline in the number of candidates who registered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) started late in most parts of the country this morning despite the good weather. At many schools that Uganda Radio Network (URN) visited, examinations begun after the designated time of 9:00 a.m. In Kampala, Wakiso, Mbarara and many other …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Headteachers have cautioned senior six candidates not to get involved in any form of examination malpractice.  At some of the schools where URN reporters attended briefing sessions, candidates were cautioned to avoid being tempted to buy examination papers.  Rogers Kimbugwe, the headteacher of Comprehensive …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 100 pupils have missed Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE in Busia district. Last year 5,708 candidates registered for the examinations that started on Tuesday. The pupils were from Namala, Makunda, Mbehenyi, Buhobe, Bwerero, Mawero, Busitema, Bujwanga and Magale primary schools. Records from the district education department indicate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district educationists are worried that many pupils are set to sit their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) without essential school study requirements like geometry sets, rulers and pens. The district inspector of schools, George Wiliam Mwanje says that the requirements which some pupils are lacking …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 56 candidates of Lubiri Secondary School have been arrested amidst protests against corporal punishment and poor learning conditions, among other issues. The arrested include three senior four candidates and 53 senior six candidates.  Jonathan Badugala, one of the arrested students says ever …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 candidates in Gulu district will not be sitting for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Statistics from the Gulu district Senior Probation and Welfare Officer Jessica Anena indicates that 2,877 candidates were enrolled in Primary Seven this year but only 2,665 were registered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB is holding talks with the Ministry of Education and Sports regarding schools that will host marking centers for the 2020 examinations. Mike Nangosya Masikye, the Director Examination at UNEB, has revealed that part of the on-going discussion is looking at …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) candidates in Gulu district are bothered by the failure to complete the O’level syllabus before the start of their final examinations this week. The learners were disrupted when schools were closed in March 2020, as coronavirus disease paralysed the world …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The reopening of schools for semi candidates on Monday was a big disappointment in the Kalangala archipelago, with some schools registering a mere 10 % of the expected learners turning up. In some Kalangala primary schools URN visited on Monday, the turn up of semi …