Minister for Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has permitted learners in semi candidate classes to sit for Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) examinations for 2022.
According to Janet Museveni, all learners in this category who believe they can pass UNEB examinations can register for the final examinations.
Last week, UNEB opened registration portal for candidates to sit all the three sets of exams including; Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).
Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director, says portals for schools were opened on February 2, until May 31.
Dr. Denis Mugimba, the Spokesperson the Ministry of Education Spokesperson says all learners in both Primary seven and ‘O’ level who successfully sat their final examinations in 2018 are eligible for this offer . “All learners that sat their PLE in 2018 are allowed to register for this year’s UCE examinations provided that they are fit. The first lady says learners who are eligible for the examination should not be locked out by technicalities,” he said.
Mugimba, said it is the responsibility of parents with the guidance of teachers to decide whether their children are fit for final examinations.
“Teachers can provide guidance, but the final decision should be made by the parent and the students. The government will provide more guidance on the subject to ensure that parents and teachers are aware of their responsibilities.”he added
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education is yet to release content for the abridged curriculum to schools across the country. One month into studying and most schools are yet to receive an abridged curriculum to allow the learners to catch up and transition back into the learning process.
Ketty Lamaro, the Permanent Secretary in the Education Ministry, says that they have started the procurement process to secure a contractor to print and distribute the abridged curriculum to over 30,519 schools across the country.
Dr Grace Baguma, the Director of NCDC, says that as schools wait for the printed version of the curriculum, they should make use of the soft copies, which they can access from the website of the ministry of education and other platforms.
“The curriculum is aimed at recovery of lost time and enabling all learners to be brought on board as schools open. It was also meant to enable the learner to cope with the demands and learning rigour of the next level following the automatic promotion. We have already produced these items. they are on our websites; we have been sharing them on different social media forums. teachers should be able to access them. But, they should know that this is not a strange thing,” says Baguma.
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/Dr Grace Baguma, the Director of NCDC, says that as schools wait for the printed version of the curriculum, they should make use of the soft copies, which they can access from the website of the ministry of education and other platforms.
/ Lamaro also insisted that teachers in all areas of the country should look for means of accessing the curriculum as the government finalises the process of giving them hard copies given the fact that assessments and national examinations by the UNEB will be informed by the same.
