KISORO UGANDA: Shock and concern have emerged at Pearl High School in Kisoro District after the school reportedly received five fewer Chemistry Paper One examination papers than required for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations.
The school had registered 156 candidates but received only 150 Chemistry Paper One examination papers. One candidate was absent, leaving 155 candidates available to sit the examination and resulting in a shortage of five papers.
Charles Mbonye, the UCE area supervisor in Kisoro District, confirmed the shortage and acknowledged the challenge.
Mbonye said additional examination papers were borrowed from Muhabura Shine Senior Secondary School and St. Peter’s Vocational Secondary School to address the shortage.
CUE IN MBONYE ON THE SHORTAGE
Meanwhile, UCE examinations commenced across Kisoro District, with no major challenges reported at other examination centres.
A total of 2,926 candidates registered to sit their examinations at 24 centres across the district.
Mbonye, who is also the head teacher of St. Paul’s Mutorele, said the examinations were being conducted in both government and private schools.
He added that examination papers had been received on Sunday and that the exercise began with the briefing of candidates. He also said adequate security had been deployed at the various examination centres.
At St. Andrews Academy, head teacher Nixon Murangira said the examinations were progressing well, with more than 304 candidates sitting the papers.
Kisoro Vision School Director Dan Munyambazi said 184 candidates sat the examinations. He attributed the school’s preparedness to adequate revision, the availability of laboratory equipment and other examination requirements.
Munyambazi expressed confidence in his candidates’ performance and revealed that five candidates were persons with disabilities.
CUE IN MUNYAMBAZI ON EXAMINATION
At Muhabura Shine Senior Secondary School, head teacher Martin Nabbassa said the school had prepared its candidates early and expressed optimism about their performance.
CUE IN NABBASSA ON THE SCHOOL’S PREPAREDNESS
At Seseme Girls Secondary School, head teacher Peace Ruzaza said the school had one candidate with a disability. She expressed confidence in the candidates, saying they had been prepared both academically and in discipline.
CUE IN PEACE RUZAZA ON CANDIDATE PREPAREDNESS
At Standard School, director Justus Biryahwaho said 274 candidates sat the examinations and that the school had not encountered any challenges since the exercise began in the morning.
CUE IN BIRYAHWAHO ON THE EXAMINATION EXERCISE
Meanwhile, the 2026 Uganda Certificate of Education examinations, administered by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), are continuing across the country following candidate briefings that began on October 8.
According to the national figures provided, 503,214 candidates registered for the examinations, including 238,426 males and 264,788 females.
On Monday, October 12, candidates sat Mathematics Paper One in the morning, while Chemistry Theory was scheduled for the afternoon.
The examination timetable continues on Tuesday, October 13, with English Language in the morning and History and Political Education in the afternoon.
On Wednesday, October 14, candidates are scheduled to sit Geography in the morning and Biology Theory or General Science in the afternoon, depending on their examination programme.
Biology Practical is scheduled for Thursday morning, October 15, followed by Chemistry Practical in the afternoon. Physics Practical is scheduled for Friday morning, October 16.
There are many shortages recorded across uganda.
Even in kampala, I witnessed it today