UNEB releases UCE roadmap

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the roadmap for the forthcoming Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams set to kick off this Friday with the briefing of candidates.

UCE is the first set of examinations to be conducted by the national examination body this year.

According to the roadmap, the board will conduct briefing of security officers who will be involved with securing the examination process on October 12.

UNEB spokesperson, Jenipher Kalule says examination distributors who are authorised to transport examination papers from Kyambogo to various centres across the country are to be briefed on October 13.

The board will also address a news conference on October 13 before briefing the chief scouts on October 14.

The roadmap indicates that distribution of UCE papers will commence on October 15 and phase two of examination distribution will be on October 16.

Prayers and dedication of the candidates will be done between 14 and 16 before the candidates start writing their papers on October 17 starting with Mathematics paper one.

Kalule says details of the number of security officers, scouts and invigilators will be issued to the media on Wednesday.

Written by Damali Mukhaye