The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has directed all heads of Examination centers to display the lists of all students that are going to sit for exams at their centers to avoid confusion during the examination period.
“This year’s mandatory period of display will run from August 12–0ctober 11, 2024. The candidates’ registers should be displayed in a conspicuous place at the school notice boards where the candidates are registered, to enable parents confirm the registration status of the learners,” Daniel Odongo UNEB Executive Director said.
He advised parents of students studying in schools that do not have UNEB centre status should establish where these students have been registered and confirm that the learners have been duly registered.
This is important to avoid unfortunate scenarios where students are discovered unregistered at the start of the examination period.
“In the event that a student, who has proof of payment of registration fees is not duly registered, the parent should report to UNEB immediately for remedial action. Relatedly, UNEB shall provide an SMS option on the mobile telephone handsets, during the period of display.”
Odongo added that accuracy of the Candidates’ Bio data is the responsibility of candidates, heads of centers and Parents to critically analyze the register and confirm the accuracy of the candidates’ bio data.
The key areas for students, parents and center heads to focus on include Spelling and order of Names,
Date of Birth in the order prescribed by UNEB (Day, Month and Year), Gender and the right photograph of the candidate which should be visible.
In all the past years, Parents and students have been falling victims as some of the candidates have not been sitting their final exams after realizing at the last moment that some examination center heads didn’t submit their details to UNEB.
All these students in most cases pay the required money to their respective schools, but when the time for exams come they find themselves missing on the registration list which has discouraged many from continuing with their studies thus contributing to high number of dropout
