The Minister of Education and Sport, Janet Museveni, has postponed the UCE transition examination based on the old curriculum from June/July as earlier scheduled to October/November 2024, Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has revealed.

The Minister reasoned that the period between June and July is too short for the repeaters to prepare and sit for the examinations.

The postponement comes following UNEB’s engagement with district education officers and further consultations on the modalities for conducting the UCE transition examinations under the old curriculum.

“The Minister recognizes that learners who had previously registered and sat under the Universal Secondary Education (USE) schools may not have the resources to pay for the examination, and as such, the government should take up that responsibility. Such repeaters should, therefore, register from the USE school close to them,” Dan Odongo said in a circular to all DEOs and Area Supervisors.

The sitting centres will not be as earlier projected; the affected persons are advised to register themselves in the USE schools where they studied previously, or those convenient to them. The functional/existing examination halls will also register candidates as well as the private schools that will have repeaters wishing to sit for the examination,” he added.