The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the time table for the 2024 examinations.
Uganda certificate of education-New lower secondary curriculum exams will start on Friday, 11th, October, and will end on 8th November, 2024.
Uganda certificate of education UCE-Transition examination based on the old curriculum will be starting on Friday 11th October and end on Friday 15th November.
Primary Leaving Examination-PLE will start on Monday, 4th November, and end on Thursday, 7th November.
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education will start on Friday 8th November and end on Friday 6th December 2024
This is the first time that UNEB will be examining the candidates of the New Lower Secondary Curriculum (NLSC) for the award of the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE).
“Unlike previously when we had three sets of examinations, UNEB will this time round conduct Four Examinations (4Es), the UCE Examination based on the NLSC and the UCE (transitional examination), based on the old curriculum. The transitional examination is aimed at giving an opportunity to those that needed to repeat or those that missed the examination in 2023 for various reasons. This is a one –off examination under the old curriculum”. Said Dan Odong the Uneb executive director.
The other examinations are the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examination.
“Our theme this year is ‘Embracing security and holistic assessment of learners in a dynamic environment.’ Mr. Odong further said.
According to him, the theme is a call on all stakeholders to seriously consider the security of the examinations and preserve its sacredness. “This is the only way for us to be sure that the learners who have gone through this process have the grades and certificates that reflect their true ability”. He stated.
The theme further takes cognizance of the need for holistic assessment – which is a global trend and the spirit behind the NLSC – to assess learners’ competencies using a variety of methods including projects and continuous assessment.
According to uneb , A total of one million, three hundred twenty thousand, four hundred (1,320,400) candidates have registered for the Four Examinations (4Es). This is an increase of 7.8% from last year’s candidature of 1,224,371. Of the total candidature, 51.1% are females while 48.9% are males. 379,620 of the registered candidates are UCE candidates that include 369,477 for the NLSC and 10,143 for the transitional examination.
“We have recorded a very significant increase in candidature at UACE level this year, with 142,017 candidates, compared to last year’s candidature of 110,579. This reflects an increase of 28.4%”. Said Mr. Odong.
At PLE level, the increase stands at 6.6%, with a total of 798,763 candidates registered, compared to 749,371 in 2023. Of the entire candidature, 4,498 are Special Needs Education (SNE) learners, as compared to 3,698 candidates who registered last year. The SNE candidates, include 3,295 (PLE), 760, (UCE- NLSC), 38 (Transitional UCE- Old curriculum); and 405 (UACE). Uganda Prisons (Luzira Upper and Mbarara Main) have registered 108 Candidates (107 Male and 01 Female) for PLE; 39 for UCE (38 Male and 01 Female).
