The Uganda National Examinations Board -UNEB will today brief the education minister Janet Museveni on the outcome of the Uganda Certificate of Education exams-UCE 2020 ahead of the release on Friday.
The virtual meeting with the Education Minister Janet Museveni and other Ministry officials will be held at State House, Entebbe.
The UNEB delegation will be led by the Chairperson of the Board, Prof. Mary J.N. Okwakol, and the UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo.
A total of 333,889 candidates registered and sat for the 2020 UCE examinations-S.4 in 3,935 centers across the country.
148,135 of the candidates were under Universal Secondary Education (USE) while 185,754 candidates were Non- USE candidates.
Patrick Muinda, the ministry of education spokesperson says it is a mandatory practice for the Ministry to be briefed ahead of the release of exams.
He however says the venue for the official release of the 2020 UCE results is yet to be confirmed.
This comes after UNEB released Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results 2 weeks ago.
However, the Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen.
Addressing journalists at the release of Primary Leaving Examination-PLE results the Education and Sports minister said that it is premature to reveal when school will reopen.
Kataha said that decision has been left to the cabinet. In the meantime, Museveni says parents should embrace home-schooling as the ministry looks at the possible plan.
Sources at the Ministry of Education note that they have been discussing possible situations of reopening schools but they are yet to conclude.
A source noted“The ministry would like all learners to cover something on their current class syllabus before they are promoted but the extended lockdown distorted the times. For example, they are class like P1 to P3 who have never returned to school since march last and authorities are planning to see how they can be fitted in,”
Currently, there are concerns from parents, school owners, and educationists, that the more the ministry delays in making decisions and developing plans for reopening, the more the sector will be affected.
