Parliament on Thursday passed a new bill under the Uganda National Examinations Board -UNEB that seeks to tighten the grip on examination malpractice.
The bill that awaits approval by the president focuses on the administration and management of primary and secondary national examinations.
Among the tight measures to curb examination malpractice, anyone found cheating will be liable to jail time for 10 years or face a fine of 40 million shillings.
It also suggested that a similar punishment be given to individuals who have been stealing examination registration fees for candidates.
The UNEB Executive Secretary Dan Odongo wants to use a new bill passed by parliament to regulate examination malpractice in the next national examinations starting in March this year.
Odongo says the new legislation has several clauses that would enable them to curb malpractices during the examination period and strengthen the administration and management of the process.
‘‘We were informed that the UNEB bill was passed by parliament, now the next phase is the presidential assent where we are hoping that would happen so that we handle the examinations under the new law, we shall be extremely grateful”Odongo says
In the revised school calendar, p7 candidates will undergo a briefing on March 26 and write Primary Leaving Examinations on March 30 and 31, 2021, while their senior four counterparts will be briefed for examination on February 26, and sit for examinations starting March 1.
The senior six candidates will be briefed on April 9 and start their respective examinations on April 12.
