2023 UCE results to be released today

"The D-day is here! The Minister @Educ_SportsUg will officially release the #UCE2023 results today, Thursday, February 15th, 2024!" Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) posted on X Thursday, February 15 morning.

The release of the 2023 UCE results, expected to be conveyed in a live broadcast -- will be held at State House, Nakasero, revealing the results of the examinations conducted in November 2023.

UNEB noted that the board has already briefed the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni as required and the results for at least 349, 459 candidates who sat the exams last year are ready to be released.

“The release of 2023 UCE results follows a briefing session by UNEB to the Minister this (Wednesday) morning. A total of 349, 459 candidates registered for the 2023 UCE Examination as compared to 364, 467 in 2022,” UNEB said in a statement.

The 2023 candidates were the last cohort of learners that sat for the UCE examinations under the old curriculum.

“During tomorrow’s release, UNEB will announce arrangements to facilitate the smooth transition from the old to the new curriculum,” reads part of the statement posted on the board’s X handle.

This will be the second set of examinations to be released by the board after the recently released Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). 2023 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) were released on Thursday, January 25 at State House in Nakasero, Kampala.

Unveiling 2023 PLE results, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Executive Director Dan Odongo said a total of 749,254 candidates from 15,859 centres registered for PLE in 2023 compared to 832,654 in 2022.