UNEB Closes 2024 PLE, UCE,UACE Candidates Registration

As of this morning, a total of one million, one seventy two thousand, one hundred and fourteen candidates (1,172,114) had registered of the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)- New Curiculum, and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations.

 At PLE, the number of candidates registered so far exceeds the total candidature of last year. Seven hundred fifty four, and seventy six (754,076) candidates for PLE, have so far registered, as compared to seven hundred forty nine, three hundred forty seven (749,347) that registered last year.

 The registered candidates are from 95.2% of the PLE Centres.

At UCE level for the new curiculum, three hundred and three, nine hundred and fifty one (303,951) Candidates have so far registered as compared to three hundred sixty four, four hundred fifty nine (364,459) candidates by closure of registration last year. 

The UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo has revealed to this publication that, 83% of the UCE centres have so far submitted registration data for their candidates. 

At UACE level, 70% of the centers have registered their candidates. A total of one hundred fourteen,eighty seven (114,087) candidates have so far registered which is slightly higher than the total candidature of last year 2023 that stood at One hundred and ten thousand,five hundred and sixty nine (110,569).He said.

For the UCE Old Curriculum, over three thousand candidates have so far registered for the Transitional Examination (UCE-TE).

However, the board has emphasized that ,this is a one off opportunity given to anyone who would like to be assessed under the old curriculum and qualify for the same.

UNEB says that this Transitional Examination targets a specific categories of people like, Those who sat UCE in 2023 or earlier and would like to improve their grades, Those who registered for UCE in 2023 or earlier but did not sit., all those whose 2023 UCE results were cancelled, those who failed to register for UCE in 2023 but must have sat PLE in 2018 or earlier and Adult candidates who are 20 years old and above but did not sit for PLE.

These people however, require special permission from the Board before they can register and must also provide proof of age.

All Heads of Centres who have not yet dully registered all their candidates should do so before midnight tonight or risk incurring surcharge.