The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Executive Director has, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, officially released the examination time tables for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations.
According to Dan Nokrach Odongo, this year’s national examinations will commence on Friday, October 13th, with the briefing of UCE candidates saying the first paper will be geography on October 16, 2023. The UCE Examination will run until November 17, 2023.
The second series of examinations is the PLE, which will be conducted from November 7th–9th, 2023, starting with the briefing of the candidates, and the final set of examinations, UACE, will be conducted from November 10–December 1, 2023,” Odongo stated.
Odongo stated that the heads of centres are advised to ensure that every candidate receives a copy of the timetable and that the same is also displayed on the school notice boards. Centre heads can access the timetables from their portals.
He also cautioned candidates and all those concerned to take special note of the sections on directions to candidates and caution against malpractice in or around the examination room.
“The instructions have clearly spelled out that candidates must follow them, and cases of examination malpractice can lead to disqualification, cancellation of results, or arrest of a candidate,” Odongo said.
Odongo stated that the candidates must further note that involvement in malpractice in one paper shall lead to the cancellation of the entire results of the examination.
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 from 20,921 centres. Of the total candidates, 51% are females, while 49% are males.