UNEB will use Abridged Curriculum in Assessment of 2022 Exams- Odongo

The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has revealed that it will use the Abridged Curriculum to assess the 2022 Exams.

In a statement dated June 17, the UNEB Executive Secretary, Dan Odongo, assured headteachers and learners that UNEB will not depart from the guidelines provided by the Ministry regarding the abridged curriculum.

“This is therefore to re-affirm that this year’s assessment will be in accordance with the abridged curriculum arrangements as approved by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES),” he said.

The announcement followed concerns as to whether UNEB will set this year’s examinations as per the abridged curriculum by the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC).

According to Odong, National Examinations will be conducted from October 14 to November 16 for UCE, and November 7 to 9 for PLE while UACE will take place from November 18 to December 9.

Early this year, the Education Ministry approved the one-year abridged curriculum that was to be used to teach learners when schools reopened on January 10.

According to the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), the curriculum was meant to condense material worth the two years that learners were at home due to the pandemic.