The aspiring Member of Parliament Kween District , Mr Kiplangat Jacob aka Chelogoi Motors distributed branded pens to several schools in Kween District.
The move was aimed at supporting the students with scholastic materials ahead of the Uganda Certificate of Education UCE scheduled to take place on Monday.
On top of this, Jacob gave each school in the district a success card.
The gesture moved the students who in turn thanked him for the support.
Which Exam will S.4 sit for on Monday
Candidates for the 2024 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination, who are also the first to be assessed under the revised lower secondary curriculum, were briefed on Friday in preparation for their initial examination on Monday. They will start with Maths paper 1 in the morning and chemistry paper in the afternoon.
Over 379,748 candidates were registered for both the new and old curriculum examinations, which will kick start on monday at 4,168 in different centres across the country. 10,147 of the candidates will be sitting for the transitional examination based on the old curriculum, while 369,601 are will be sitting for the new curriculum.
54.7% are female and 45.3% male candidates will be sitting for the transitional exam. For the new lower secondary curriculum, 50.8% of the candidates are female and 49.2% are male.
In addition, 138,502 candidates (36.4%) are funded by the government under the Universal Secondary Education (USE) Programme, an increase from last year’s 114,200 government-sponsored candidates.
The number of privately sponsored candidates stands at 241,246. Among the candidates, 825 learners are Special Needs Education (SNE) candidates. Out of these, 38 are sitting for the transitional examination. Access arrangements have been made for all the SNE candidates to receive the necessary support for their needs.
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