The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has revealed that they are seeking to extend the deadline for phasing out the old curriculum by one year.
Addressing journalists in Kampala, the UNEB spokesperson, Ms Jennifer Kalule, said the move is to aid students who will fail exams this year to have a second chance and do exams next year under the old curriculum.
Kalule added that as UNEB, they have written to the Ministry of Education and Sports that they should allow a transition period of one year so that they examine students or learners who have not sat exams this year but have been studying under the old curriculum.
The Senior Four candidates currently doing their exams are in the last batch of students offering the old curriculum.
According to UNEB, the transition period of phasing out the old curriculum will allow them time to prepare exams for the current S.4 students, who will have missed this year’s sitting.
The Ministry of Education and Sports, in 2020, rolled out the new lower secondary curriculum, where schools are supposed to assess learners based on their competencies through activities of integration, and projects.
In the new curriculum, Uneb will partially grade students using marks attained through continuous assessment (class work) when they sit for UCE examinations next year.
