Kampala, (UG):- The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has assured the public that marking at all Examination Marking Centres is continuing smoothly as planned, despite some examiners leaving the centres following a disagreement on payment.
In a statement released via its official account on X (formerly Twitter), UNEB emphasized that measures have been put in place to ensure that the marking process remains uninterrupted and that the integrity of the examinations is maintained.
“Their departure however will not have a major impact on the exercise. Marking is therefore going on smoothly for all the subjects and papers under the new curriculum as originally planned,” the letter read in part.
“The Board is grateful to the over 6,800 Examiners who have exhibited the spirit of patriotism and understanding in this national cause of marking the first cohort of candidates for the New Lower Secondary Curriculum (NLSC),” the letter signed off by Dan Odongo, the Board Secretary continued.
UNEB clarified that while some examiners objected to the adjusted rates, the majority accepted and marking started effectively at all the Centres and only about 100 out of over 400 Examiners of Physics walked out of the Marking Centre, while 59 quit marking Agriculture.
Seven thousand examiners to mark the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) scripts for both the New curriculum and the Transitional/Old Curriculum Examinations were contracted this year 2024.
Senior Examiners reported on November 30th for Coordination with subject Officers. The rest of the Examiners reported on December 6th to the 14 marking centres for further coordination and preparations for effective marking.
Actual marking was slated to start on December 13th However, on that day, two groups of Examiners for Physics and Agriculture theory papers declined to start the exercise because they were not satisfied with the payment rate.
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