By; Jjunju Francis
Uganda Certificate of Education Examinations kick of today with at least 326, 149 candidates registered to sit Senior Four final examinations according to the examination body UNEB.
They are beginning with Physics practicals and Art. The government programme, Universal Secondary Education (USE) has registered 151,894 candidates, representing 46.6 per cent of the students sitting UCE.
In a statement by the UNEB executive secretary, Daniel Nokrach Odongo a total of 1,073,715 candidates have registered for this year’s PLE, UCE and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) compared to last year’s 1,068,224 students.
St. Joseph’s Girls SSS Nsambya has registered 189 girls for this year’s UCE while St. Peter’s SSS Nsambya has got 261 students both boys and girls sitting for their UCE.
The exams will end on November 20th 2017 with languages.
The Deputy Head teacher of St. Peter’s SSS Nsambya Immaculate Lwanga Nasozi has hailed parents for having supported their children and to the candidates they should believe in what their teachers have taught them.
Mrs. Lwanga says any external assistance might cost the student his four years but insisted on observing discipline because S4 is just the beginning of the one’s career according to Uganda education standards.
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