By Jonathan Bukenya
The Uganda National Examinations Board has released the examination timetables of this year’s PLE, O-Level and A-Level final examinations. According to UNEB, this year’s national examinations will start on Friday October 13th with the briefing of U.C.E candidates. The executive director of UNEB, Dan Odongo says senior four candidates would start their final exams on 13 October to November 17. Primary Seven pupils will write their exams from 7th November to 9th November while U.A.C.E will be conducted from November 10 to December 1.
A total of one million, two hundred twenty-four thousand, three hundred seventy-one (1,224,371) candidates have registered for all three levels of the final examinations at 20,921 centers. Of the total candidates, 51% are female, while 49% are male. We have recorded a percentage increase of 12,690 (13.5%) at the UACE level, which is a total of 110,579 candidates this year as compared to 97,889 last year. At the UCE level, there is a percentage increase of 14,988 (4.3%) in candidature, from 349,433 to 364,421 candidates this year. There is, however, a drop of 83,438 (10%) in the number of candidates at the PLE level, from 832,809 last year to 749,371 this year. At the UCE level, there is a percentage increase of 14,988 (4.3%) in candidature, from 349,433 to 364,421 candidates this year. There is, however, a drop of 83,438 (10%) in the number of candidates at the PLE level, from 832,809 last year to 749,371 this year. Of the entire candidate pool, 3,698 are Special Needs Education (SNE) learners, as compared to 3,400 last year. Of the SNE candidates, 2,436 are PLE candidates, 721 are UCE candidates, and 242 are UACE candidates.
“Heads of Centers are hereby advised to ensure that every candidate receives a copy of the timetable and that the same is also displayed on the school noticeboards. Center heads can access the timetables from their portals. Hard copies will also be provided along with the other stationery, which will be distributed on Monday, September 11, 2023. Candidates and all those concerned must take special note of the sections on directions to candidates and caution against malpractice in or around the examination room. These have clearly spelled out the instructions that candidates must follow and cases of examination malpractice that can lead to disqualification, cancellation of results, or the arrest of a candidate. The candidates must further note that involvement in malpractice in one paper shall lead to the cancellation of the entire results of the examination,” Odongo said while releasing the timetable this morning at the Media Centre in Kampala
