The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has this afternoon released the 2016 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations.
However, the board withheld results of 64 candidates from 11 centers. According to the UNEB Executive Secretary Daniel Odongo, the centers affected include Science Foundation with 27 candidates, 11 candidates from Alliance SS Ibanda, 10 from Ezra Memorial SS, five from Rubona SS and five from Iganga Parents SS, among others.
Six other schools whose identities were concealed by UNEB, had one case of withheld results each.
According to Odongo, students whose results were withheld were involved in examination malpractice in the form of external assistance, collusion among candidates and smuggling of unauthorized material into the examination room.
The malpractices were mainly reported in Science subjects especially Physics, Chemistry and Subsidiary Mathematics, according the executive secretary.
He however reiterates that the affected candidates will be accorded a fair hearing by the Board before a verdict is issued.
The number of withheld results has reduced from 279 cases that were recorded in 2015.
A total of 104,243 candidates registered for the 2016 from 2,076 centres compared to 101,268 at 2003 centres in 2015.
The UNEB analysis indicates that overall, candidates’ performance in 2016 UACE examination shows that a very high percentage of candidates (98.7%) qualified for the award of UACE, similar to 97.8% in 2015.
