Ronald Kalyango
8 November 2009
Kampala — THE Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has deployed 410 scouts to monitor the A'level examinations, which begin today.
The body's executive secretary, Matthew Bukenya, said 98,219 Senior Six students across the country had registered for the exams this year.
Bukenya said the examination materials had been transferred to 209 examination zones near the 1,165 exam centres.
New measures have been put in place to guard against malpractices, he explained.
"Any candidate involved in malpractices may be refused to continue with the examination, be disqualified and arrested," Bukenya told journalists at the UNEB offices in Ntinda on Saturday.
"UNEB does not want to nullify any examination, it is a bitter experience. We want every candidate who sits for examinations to get their results."
Bukenya advised that all candidates who have registered for the examinations be allowed to sit for them.
"UNEB does not encourage school fees defaulters, but if the candidate registered for the examinations, they should be allowed to sit for the papers," he said.
Daniel Odongo, the secondary examinations department chief, said the theme for this year's examinations is, 'Demonstrating care for quality assessment."
"We want all those handling the examinations to demonstrate care so that there is no cheating and cancellation of the examinations," he advised.
Odongo called on parents to pay all the school dues, including examination fees.
"Though it is not the obligation of UNEB to encourage defaulters to sit for examinations, I ask head teachers to be sympathetic with defaulters and allow them sit for the exams and later agree with parents to have the fees paid."
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