Kampala, (UG):- The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Chairperson, Prof Celestino Obua has revealed that the 2023 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination was the last to be administered under the old curriculum.
According to Prof Obua, effective this year, in the 2024 October/November examination, the UCE will be administered as per the New Lower Secondary Curriculum which is competence-based.
“This is the last examination administered under the old curriculum. From the 2024 October/November examination, the UCE will be administered in accordance with the New Lower Secondary Curriculum,” Prof Obua said during the release of the 2023 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results on Thursday, February, 15, at State House, Nakasero.
Prof Obua noted that unlike in the past where candidates would repeat the examination in the following examination season in case of failure, this won’t be the case with the new assessment beginning this year “as the examination format and other conditions will be drastically different.”
To address the challenges this transition poses, the board will administer a one-off transitional examination which will be administered later in the year; the exact date of which will be communicated.
“The Board has completed work on the sample papers for the examination under the new curriculum, and arrangements are being made to upload the papers on the school portals. Hard copies will also be availed to all examination centres,” he said.
Those who will be eligible to resit the examination include candidates who sat the UCE examination in 2023 but would wish to repeat the examination, those who registered but did not sit the examination or dropped out due to illness or other conditions, those who missed the registration for the 2023 examination for various reasons and adult learners studying on their own or at any learning facilities.
“Registration for this examination will not be open for those who took the PLE after 2019 as this cohort should be currently in school under the new competency-based curriculum,” Prof Obua added.
The Board will communicate how and where the registration and the examination will be conducted.
“All districts will be catered for to ease the registration process. Details will be published later,” he said.
He explained that UNEB has completed work on the sample papers for the examination under the new curriculum, and arrangements are being made to upload the papers on the school portals.
“Hard copies will also be availed to all examination centres. I wish to assure the nation that the Board will be ready to administer the October/November 2024 UCE examination under the
competency-based curriculum.”
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