UNEB won’t extend candidate registration exercise – Odong

By Charles Katabalwa

25^th May 2022

The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has issued the last call to schools and parents to register candidates for the 2022 national examinations.

In a notice issued to schools and the general public, Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director, noted that according to their schedule normal registration will end on May 31.

This means that schools have less than a week before the end of the normal registration period for the 2022 UNEB candidates.

Heads of Centers for the government-aided schools are only reminded to upload the candidate data as soon as possible to minimize challenges related to last-minute submission,” Odongo notice reads in part.

He added that although the normal registration period ends on May 31, late registration, which attracts a surcharge, will take place in June 2022. With surcharges, the primary seven candidates will be paying 68,000 Shillings while their senior four candidates will pay 246,000 Shillings and the senior six candidates 279,000 Shillings.

A total of 1,055,336 candidates have so far been registered at all levels according to statistics obtained from the examinations body. Odongo says that 93 percent of the expected Primary Leaving Examination candidates have already been registered. But, the numbers for Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education -UACE senior six candidates and Uganda Certificate of Education senior four are still lower than those expected.

According to their projections based on recent trends, UNEB expected 106,000 candidates for UACE and 370,000 candidates for UCE examinations. However, by close of business yesterday only 54 percent and 63 percent of senior six and senior four respectively had been registered on the system. This means that over 185,660 expected candidates at these levels are yet to register.

He has also warned that candidates from private schools should not be registered under government schools.