The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) on Monday officially released the timetable for this year’s national examinations amidst the ongoing teachers’ strike over salary disparties.
Dan Odongo, UNEB Executive Director said that the UCE exams, which usually the first set to be done, will officially begin with briefing on October, 10, a mandatory session meant to prepare candidates for the dos and the don’t during the examination period.
He added that the UCE candidates will sit for their first papers on October, 13 beginning with Geography in the morning and Biology Theory in the afternoon.
UCE examinations according to Odongo, last for a period of one month with candidates sitting for their last papers on November 7, 2025 starting with Technology and Design in the morning and Arabic in the afternoon.
Meanwhile the briefing of PLE candidates is slated for October, 31 and they will then sit for their first papers on Monday, November 3, starting with Mathematics in the morning followed by Social Studies and Religious Education in the afternoon.
They will then sit for their final papers on Tuesday November 4, beginning with Integrated Science in the morning and English Language in the afternoon.
Meanwhile Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations are slated to start on November 7, 2025 with briefing of candidates.
Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director said that a total of 1,416, 468) candidates have been registered for all the three examinations compared to last year’s candidature of 1,308,998.
According to Odongo of these, 51.5 percent are females while 48.5 percent are males.
He explained that candidature at PLE level has increased from 797,444 (in 2024) to 818,010 (2.5 percent) while the percentage increase at UCE is at 12.1 percent with candidature rising from 379,699 in 2024 to 432,025.
UACE has recorded the highest percentage increase from 141,996 last year, to 166,433 this year representing 14.7 percent.
Odongo added that “This is an increase of 107,470 (7.5%), compared to last year’s candidature of 1,308,998. Of these, 51.5 are females while 48.5% are males”.
The number of PLE candidates has increased from 797,444 in 2024 to 818,010 representing 2.5 percent while the percentage increase at UCE is at 12.1 percent with candidature rising from 379,699 in 2024 to 432,025.
UACE has recorded the highest percentage increase from 141,996 last year, to 166,433 this year, accounting for 14.7 percent.
Of the entire candidature, 4,802 are Special Needs Education (SNE) Learners, representing a percentage increase of 4.5 percent from 4,587 in 2024.
The SNE candidates, include 3,619 (PLE), 670, UCE and 513 (UACE).
