The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has issued a final reminder to secondary schools and Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination centres to submit all outstanding Continuous Assessment (CA) scores for Senior Four candidates ahead of the 2026 national examinations.
The deadline for submitting the outstanding scores is midnight on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. UNEB has warned that candidates whose Continuous Assessment scores are not submitted by the deadline will not be graded in the upcoming national examinations.
UNEB Warns Schools Over Missing CA Scores
UNEB Principal Public Relations Officer Jennifer Kalule Musamba said the deadline represents the final opportunity for schools and UCE examination centres that have not completed their submissions.
She urged heads of schools and examination centres to use the remaining time to ensure that all 2026 Term II Continuous Assessment scores for Senior Four candidates are submitted.
UNEB said it will publish a list of schools that still have missing CA scores after the deadline.
Alternative Submission for Schools Facing Portal Challenges
Schools experiencing difficulties with the online submission portal have been advised to use the AMIS 2026 software to generate their Continuous Assessment scores.
According to the guidance, schools facing such challenges should save the scores on an Excel file, burn the file onto a CD and physically deliver it to the UNEB Continuous Assessment offices at Kyambogo, specifically Rooms 24 and 26.
Continuous Assessment Contributes to Final UCE Grade
Under Uganda’s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), Continuous Assessment contributes 20 percent of a learner’s overall final grade, while the end-of-cycle national examination accounts for the remaining 80 percent. Practical project work is assessed separately.
UNEB reported that submission of Continuous Assessment scores had reached 82 percent as of the previous week, leaving a number of schools with outstanding submissions to complete.
2026 UCE Examinations to Start in October
The reminder comes shortly after UNEB released the timetable for the 2026 national examinations.
The national examinations will officially begin on Thursday, October 8, 2026, with the briefing of Senior Four candidates. Written UCE examinations will start on Monday, October 12.
On the opening day of the written UCE examinations, candidates will sit Mathematics Paper 1 in the morning, followed by General Science (Chemistry) Paper 2 and Chemistry Paper 1 (Theory) in the afternoon.
On Tuesday, October 13, candidates will take English Language in the morning, followed by History and Political Education in the afternoon. The UCE examinations are scheduled to conclude on November 3, 2026, with foreign language papers.
PLE and UACE Examination Dates
The Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) will begin with candidate briefings on Friday, October 30. Written examinations will be held on Tuesday, November 3, and Wednesday, November 4.
On November 3, Primary Six candidates will sit Mathematics, Social Studies and Religious Education, while Integrated Science and English will be examined on November 4.
Meanwhile, Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) candidates will be briefed on Friday, November 6. Their written examinations will run from Monday, November 9, to Thursday, November 26, 2026.
More Than 1.6 Million Candidates Registered
UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo said a total of 1,627,885 candidates have registered for the three levels of the 2026 national examinations.
This represents an increase of 211,437 candidates, or 14.9 percent, compared with the 1,416,488 candidates registered in 2025.
Of the total number of candidates registered this year, 52 percent are female and 48 percent are male.
With the Continuous Assessment submission deadline approaching, schools are being urged to complete all outstanding requirements to ensure their Senior Four candidates are properly assessed and graded in the 2026 UCE examinations.
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