The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has revealed that learners in all candidate classes will have three months between February and May 2022 to register for final examinations.
Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director, says portals for schools were opened on February 2, until May 31 to register their children for all three sets of exams including; Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).
Odongo says registration fees for candidates at all levels has not changed and resumes as follows, PLE fees is Shs 34,000, UCE Shs68,000 while UACE candidates pay Shs 164,000. Odongo says a period has been set for late registration, starting from 1st to June 31, 2022 at a a surcharge of 50% of the total registration fees at UCE and UACE levels, and 100% surcharge at PLE level..
The UNEB Executive Director, says these new provisions were put in place, among other things, to ensure that parents and learners are informed of their registration status earlier.
Odongo says registers will be displayed in a visible place accessible by any interested party, including but not limited to parents, candidates, district officials, and any other authorities.
“The display can be made on the school notice board or outside the school. For primary schools, the list should also be available on all community notice boards around and in the district. The slips on display will be from UNEB and will have security features to ensure that they are not forged, “said Odongo.
He says that the board has also put a provision for verifying the registration status of a candidate using the Short Message Service-SMS for parents who might not be to travel to schools where their children are enrolled.
According to the roadmap, the examination period will run from October to November as it was done before the COVID-19 school closures. S.4 candidates are expected to sit for their examination between October 14 and November 18, P.7 candidates from November 7 to 9, while S.6 will start their examination on November 18 and conclude it on December 9.
