Uganda National Examinations Board general secretary, Dan Odongo has warned schools intending to charge exorbitant charges. While release of the 2018 UCE examination results at Uganda Bureau of Statistics on Thursday afternoon, Odongo asked parents to report to such cases to UNEB. “Any school that is charging students extra money when they come to collect their […]
Uganda National Examinations Board general secretary, Dan Odongo has warned schools intending to charge exorbitant charges.
While release of the 2018 UCE examination results at Uganda Bureau of Statistics on Thursday afternoon, Odongo asked parents to report to such cases to UNEB.
“Any school that is charging students extra money when they come to collect their results is doing so illegally,” he said.
He also disclosed that UNEB has withheld the results of unspecified number of candidates with fees balances in their former schools at the request of their former school heads.
“Students who owed school dues will not be able to access their results via the mobile phone application. These results will only be available at their schools but not on phone,” he said.
According to Odongo, they took the drastic decision because some students never pay their school dues after receiving the results on phone, which leaves schools with financial losses.
Odongo advises parents to pay up and avoid inconveniences. “As you pay, only pay what you owe the schools. Schools are not allowed to make you pay for anything outside of the fees balance you owe,” he said.
A total of 330,721 candidates sat last year’s UCE examinations. There was a decline in the number of candidates who passed in division one and two. Only 27,696 candidates scored Division one compared to 31,338 in 2017.
