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The Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations kicked off today (October 12) in Kagadi District, with several candidates failing to report to their examination centers.
At Kagadi Government Secondary School, Edward Sebaka, the deputy headteacher, said that out of the 720 registered candidates, one female candidate at the Annex examination center did not turn up for unknown reasons.
Fountain of Hope Senior Secondary School headteacher Jacob Kiragan said that out of the 43 registered candidates, one female candidate did not show up, adding that preliminary investigations indicate that she was pregnant.
Ramadan Nyondo Barongo, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) supervisor for Buyaga in Kagadi District, said over 2,000 candidates registered to sit for this year's UCE exams across over 20 sitting centers.
He noted that scouts had already been deployed at various centers to oversee the conduct and supervision of the examinations.
"I have not yet registered any anomalies apart from absentee candidates in some centers. I am optimistic that the exams will go on smoothly as per UNEB rules and regulations," said Barongo.
Nationally, 503,214 candidates registered for the UCE examinations, which commenced today (October 12) with Mathematics and Chemistry papers
Source: New Vision