The education institutions in the country offering the New Lower Secondary School Curriculum (NLSC) have been working in suspense on how the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) will conduct the final assessment of the Senior Four candidates after passing out the old curriculum.
UNEB has however responded to the situation by releasing the sample papers for the the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) End of Cycle Competency Based Assessment under the New Lower Secondary School Curriculum.
According to UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo, the purpose of the sample papers is to expose both teachers and learners to the question format of Competency Based Assessment (CBA).
Odongo says each sample paper has a corresponding scoring guide.
“The sample papers can now be accessed via the UNEB portal by all UNEB Examination Centres. UNEB will distribute hard copy booklets to schools without Centre Numbers,” he said through a press release issued on Monday.
The sample papers cover thirty-six subjects (36) in the categories of Humanities, Sciences, Vocational and Languages as indicated below.
Humanities: History, Geography, Christian Religious Education/Islamic Religious Education (CRE/IRE).
Sciences:
Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, and General Science for the blind.
Vocational:
Agriculture, ICT, Technology and Design, Art and Design, Performing Arts, Nutrition and Food Technology, Physical Education, and Entrepreneurship.
The subjects under the Language Category;
Foreign Languages
Arabic, German, French, Latin, and Chines.
Official Languages
English and Kiswahili
Local Languages
Luganda, Lusoga, Lumasaba, Runyoro-Rutoro, Runyankore-Rukiga, Dhopadhola, Ateso, Leb-Lango, Leb-Acoli, Lugbarati and Ugandan Sign Language.
“UNEB therefore calls upon teachers to familiarise themselves with the sample papers, guide the learners and come up with similar or related scenarios and questions to expose the learners to a variety of test items,” says Odongo.
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