Janet Museveni Announces Senior Five Selection Exercise, Reporting Dates

As she presided over the ceremony for the release of Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) 2024 results for both old curriculum transitional exams and those under the New Lower Secondary Curriculum, which is competence based, first lady and minister of education and sports Janet Museveni announced Senior Five selection exercise and reporting dates. 

The Ugandan government’s education ministry has transitioned from the old content-based curriculum to the competence based curriculum (CBC).

The results released today, February 11, 2025, showed a higher pass rate than in previous years.

Assessment body Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) Executive Director Dan Odongo noted that a total of 350,146 candidates — or 98.05 per cent of those who sat the final national examinations for the NLSC last year — qualified for the award of the Uganda Certificate of Education.

A number of these will be expected to join secondary schools for their A-level studies leading to the award of the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).

The National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC) under the Ministry of Education and Sports recently unveiled the new competence based curriculum for A-level.

A selection exercise for Senior Five will happen next week and students are expected to report for first term on the first Monday of next month.

“The selection dates for the Senior Five class of 2025 are 20th to 21st February. The first-term reporting date for the Senior Five class of 2025 is Monday, 3rd March 2025,” Janet Museveni announced.

See full school calendar for 2025 Here.

You can see best, worst done subjects, performance by gender, and examination malpractice under CBC New Lower Secondary Curriculum in UCE 2024 Here.

We also have a report on how 10141 Candidates – the last group doing Old Curriculum exams – performed in transitional UCE 2024 Here.

Also read our explanation of the new grading system under the New Lower Secondary Curriculum Here.

You can also check out the lists of top best performing schools, according to UCE results for previous sittings Here, There and Over There.

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