UCE 2022: UNEB Withholds Results of 1,035 Candidates over Exam Malpractice

The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has released the 2022 Uganda Certificate Examinations (UCE) results.

The exam body withheld results of 1,035 candidates over exam malpractice.

According to Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director, the results were withheld in accordance with Section 5 (2) (b) of the UNEB Act No 1 of 2021.

He noted that impersonation and script substitution were the common cases.

However, he revealed that the number of results withheld has reduced steadily at the UCE level.

“Examination centres from which results are withheld will be notified through their portals, after that there would be a hearing,” Odongo said.

For the year 2022, total candidature increased by 16,063 (4.8%) from 333,396 in 2020 to 349,459 in 2022 reversing the decrease of 4,324 (-1.3%) that had been witnessed in the previous examination.

The candidates sat from 3,703 centres. Of these, 114,181 (32.7%) were USE beneficiaries.

The number of male candidates registered is 175,768 (50.3%) and that of females is 173,691 (49.7%).

The difference is 2,077 more males than females who registered for the examination.

In 2019, the number of females had surpassed that of the males, for the first time, by 398.

The gap, in favour of males, appears to be resurfacing.