The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has officially released the timetable for the 2025 national examinations including PLE, UCE and UACE.

The timetables officially released on Monday indicate that the national exams will officially begin with the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) starting on October 13, the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) beginning on November 3, and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) commencing on November 10

Candidates will begin their mandatory briefings on October 10 for UCE, October 31 for PLE, and November 7 for UACE.

Candidature

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According to UNEB, a total of 1,416, 468) candidates have been registered for all the three examinations.

"This is an increase of 107,470 (7.5%), compared to last year's candidature of 1,308,998. Of these, 51.5 are females while 48.5% are males," UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo said.

He explained that candidature at PLE level has increased from 797,444 (in 2024) to 818,010 (2.5%) while the percentage increase at UCE is at 12.1% with candidature rising from 379,699 (in 2024) to 432,025.

UACE has recorded the highest percentage increase from 141,996 last year, to 166,433 this year (14.7%).

Of the entire candidature, 4,802 are Special Needs Education ( SNE) Learners, representing a percentage increase of 4.5% from 4,587 ( in 2024).

The SNE candidates, include 3,619 ( PLE), 670, UCE and 513 (UACE).

In terms of funding, 719,016 (51%) of the total candidature are funded by the government under the Universal Education Programs, while 697,452 (49%) of the candidates are privately sponsored.