Uganda National Examinations Board

The Board has registered a total of 1,627,885 candidates. This is an increase of 211,437 (14.9%) compared to last year’s candidature of 1,416,448. Of these, 52% are females while 48% are males. 52% of the total candidature are sponsored by the government under the Universal Education programs for primary and secondary levels. Of the entire candidature, 6,090 are Special Needs Education (SNE) Learners.

A total of 203,809 candidates registered for the 2026 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (#UACE2026) examinations, representing a 22.4% increase compared to the 166,400 candidates registered in 2025.

The candidates were registered from 3,039 examination centres across the country. Of the total candidature, 106,361 (52%) are male, while 97,448 (48%) are female.

Notably, 41 candidates are inmates at Upper Prison Secondary School, Luzira (Examination Centre No. U3120). These comprise 40 males and one female.

Candidates sitting the 2026 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (#UACE2026 ) examinations this morning commenced their papers, with Science students sitting Principal Mathematics Paper 1, while their Arts counterparts tackled History Paper 1.

This year's candidates are the first cohort to have undergone the Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) model at the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) level in 2024. At the UACE level, although the curriculum has not been fully overhauled, learners have been studying under a curriculum aligned with the Competency-Based Curriculum, as guided by the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC).

In line with these curriculum adjustments, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has also aligned its assessment approach to reflect the changes.
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