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By Kabooha Augustine
The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board-UBTEB on Friday 3rd September 2021 released 2020 examination results during an event presided over by minister for higher education John Chrysostom Muyingo.
UBTEB officials announced that they recorded a decline in the performance of candidates for the 2020 examinations cycle compared to 2019.
Onesmas Oyesigye from UBTEB said that the decline was noted across five programs that sat for examinations early this year which include, Technical Advanced Craft, Technical National Certificate Program, Technical Community Polytechnic Program, Business Diploma program and Business Certificate Program.
At Rosamystica Business and Vocational Institute Kinyamasica in Fort-portal students performed well despite challenges caused by covid-19 lockdown.
Rev. Sister Gaudensio Kababiito the institution director results are being released in portions by UBTEB and all the results go so far students have performed well.
A total of 16,144 candidates registered to sit for the examinations countrywide but only 15,019 showed up. According to UBTEB, 7% of the registered candidates did not show up.
Sister Kababiito says students were affected by the lockdown and the exams that were supposed to be done last year were sat conducted in April and May this year.
UBTEB attributed absenteeism of students that missed exams on various reasons but the most credible is the COVID-19 pandemic and failure of candidates to meet tuition fees.
The body withheld the results of 17 candidates that are believed to have been involved in examination malpractice and cancelled results for 19 candidates that have been found guilty of malpractices.
