The Ministry of Education and Sports has announced that learners in the semi-candidate classes of Primary Six and Senior Three can sit this year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), respectively.
Following the Covid-19 pandemic breakout that saw the closing of the Education sector, learners missed almost two years of learning.
Pupils who were in P5 in 2020 when the first lockdown was first announced are now in P6 yet they are supposed to be in P7 have been allowed to sit for their PLE while students that were in Senior Two in 2020 and are now in Senior three yet they are supposed to be in Senior Four have also been allowed to sit for their UCE.
The Education Minister, Janet Museveni has allowed students in semi-candidates to sit for national exams.
However, the Minister maintained that the semi-candidates must demonstrate academic capability to sit and pass the exams as their counterparts in the candidate classes.
The Education Ministry is yet to release the guidelines for the registration of the semi candidates.
According to the released roadmap by UNEB, this year’s national exams will begin with Uganda Certificate of Education Examinations (UCE) kicking off on October 14 to November 18 2022 while Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examinations (UACE) will begin on November 18 to December 9, 2022.
Additionally, Primary seven candidates will sit for PLE exams from 7th to 9th November 2022.