By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The Ministry of Education and Sports has set dates for Senior Five selection exercise and commencement of Term One
This was revealed today, 13th February, 2026 by the Ministry shortly after the First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports officially released the 2025 UCE Results at State House Nakasero.
A brief statement on X says the Senior Five selection exercise is scheduled for the 18th to 19th of February 2026, meanwhile Term One for Senior Five will commence on Thursday, 5th March 2026.
The UCE results for 2025 indicate that 428,628 candidates (99.69%) who sat for the 2025 examination qualified for the UCE certificate and will be reflected on both the transcript and the certificate as Result 1.
The unqualified are graded as Result 2 meaning a Candidate did not meet all award requirements (e.g., missing project scores, sitting fewer subjects than required, or lacking Continuous Assessment scores). Meanwhile, Result 3 means a Candidate scored below the basic level (Grade E) in all subjects.
Dan Odongo, while commenting on the released results said, UNEB recorded a few cases malpractice predominantly in Mathematics, Practical papers in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
“In these instances, there was overwhelming evidence that some candidates were provided with experimental results by teachers, which they merely copied into their tables,” says Odongo.
He explains that under the Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) framework, candidates are required to use the given scenario to design and conduct investigations using the provided apparatus adding that where external assistance occurred, the investigation designs produced by candidates did not correspond with the recorded results, clearly indicating malpractice.
