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The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has warned heads of examination centres against misappropriating UNEB registration fees remitted by learners and their parents.
While addressing the media at the Uganda Media Centre on Friday, the UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo, said that centre heads must ensure that registration money is remitted, and doing so will attract a penalty.
“The Board equally cautions Heads of Centres or their representatives to ensure that all the UNEB registration fees are remitted, and the students are duly registered for the examination. Anyone who fails to do so commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand currency points (Forty million shillings) or a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both.” Odongo said
He indicated that the cost of not following the stipulated guidance is provided for in section 32 of the UNEB Act, CAP 259, and people implicated in the offence will be required to pay back the money collected to the concerned learners or their sponsors and compensate them accordingly.
The UNEB boss also explained that registered teachers or centre heads who get convicted in misappropriation scandals will be de-registered under the relevant laws regulating teachers.
He pointed out that centers should not register private candidates as government-sponsored candidates, saying that the practice causes losses to the government.
“Heads of government-aided schools are put on notice not to register privately sponsored candidates as government-sponsored candidates. This is a fraudulent practice which causes financial loss to the government.” He said
“Any head of an examination centre or school director who will be found indulging in this practice shall pay twice the amount that has been defrauded. Relevant laws on fraud will also be applied to such head teachers or directors, and in addition, the examination centre number of the school shall be withdrawn.” Odongo added
Odongo told the press that the normal registration has been extended to 30th June 2026 to accommodate the newly accredited examination centers.
Late registration will commence on 1st July and close on 31st July. It will attract a surcharge of 100% for PLE candidates and 50% for UCE and UACE candidates. No further registration of candidates will be allowed after 31st July.
“Examination centres are urged to complete the registration process early within the stipulated period to avoid the congestion that usually occurs towards the deadline.”
The examination body asked head teachers and parents to agree on the correct spellings and order of names that candidates should use, advising that the names of the candidates should be obtained from the birth certificate or the NIRA forms submitted by the parents.
This year’s candidates are the 3rd cohort of learners to register under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). CBC requires candidates to register for a minimum of eight (8) and a maximum of nine (9) subjects. Continuous Assessment scores for the subjects offered, as well as Project scores, shall be a requirement for certification.
Only candidates who sat PLE in 2022 or earlier shall be allowed to register for UCE 2026. They should have passed PLE with the following grades 1,2,3, or 4; or its equivalent and should have attended four years of Lower Secondary Education.
Candidates who have submitted Continuous Assessment (CA) scores to UNEB for all the subjects and the project scores for S.3 qualify for 2026 UCE registration.
Candidates whose CA scores have been submitted to UNEB are advised not to change names and optional subjects at S.4.