The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) timetable 2022 has officially been released. Unlike the previous years, events after the pandemic have greatly been altered although they are slowly returning to tradition.
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When Will UNEB Exams Start?
According to UNEB, candidates will start their exams on October 14 2022.
Similar to the usual protocol, the process starts with briefing of the candidates.
The Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) are scheduled to start with briefing on November 7th 2022. However, this time the real exams will begin the exam the next day and finish on November 9. Senior four candidates will have their Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams running up to November 18th 2022. Now, from November 18th 2022, senior six candidates will begin their papers onwards until December 9th 2022. Here are the timetables for you to download.
What UNEB 2022 Timetable Release Means To Teachers
“Timetables are out! So, teachers should ensure that the necessary teaching and learning support is available. They should as well offer psych-social support to candidates in the remaining time. This is for the sake of effective preparation.” said UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo. He also noted that the board has this time provided for the visually impaired students. UNEB is providing brail and large print timetables. The UNEB executive director says they want to ensure that this group of learners also get a chance to individually read the timetables.
Will UNEB Increase Invigilators’ And Scouts’ Pay?
“We are currently assessing the possibility of increasing the remuneration of the invigilators, scouts, and special needs interpreters.” said James Turyatemba, the Manager in charge of Examination Management at UNEB, “This should help us keep up with current living expenses. The invigilators have been receiving quite a small pay of 40,000 Ugandan shillings.
James highlights the fact that everything is becoming costly. He goes ahead to say that 40,000/= might not be sufficient.
However, he noted that the precise payment that will be given out to the invigilators and other examination day officials is yet to be decided.
According to the budget framework paper, the board had asked for 145 billion Shillings to run their activities and Turyatemba says that over 50 billion Shillings of this is for examination management. Last year, the board also had to request for additional 10.5 billion shillings to help them conduct examinations in the COVID-19 environment.For all three levels of the final exams, 1,280,172 students have registered. Comparing this to last year’s exam, it shows a percentage increase of 7.7 per cent in the overall number of candidates. Out of the registered candidates, 56 per cent representing 751,336 learners are funded by the Government, while 44 per cent of candidates are privately sponsored.
