By Leonard Kamugisha Akida,
NTINDA:
The Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) has registered a decline in the general performance of candidates in UBTEB 2020.
This was disclosed on Friday during a virtual ceremony for the release of UBTEB 2020 results at the board secretariat in Ntinda Kampala.
According to the board, overall performance according to gender male candidates performed better than their female counterparts.
The results show that 76 percent of the males passed compared to the females with a 72 percent pass rate.
A totalA total of 16,144 candidates were registered to sit for UBTEB 2020 exams in various disciplines such as; Technical Advanced Craf, Technical National Certificates, Technical Community Polytechnic Certificates, Business Certificate and Diploma Programmes.
Onesmus Oyesigye, the executive secretary UBTEB said 7 percent of the registered candidates did not show up.
“1,125 candidates missed one or more modules and as such are marked as absentee candidates. There are various reasons for this absenteeism, but the most probable is the COVID-19 pandemic and failure of candidates to meet tuition fees,” Oyesigye said.
Speaking at the release of the exam results, the minister of education and sports, Janet Kataha Museveni siad government through UBTEB is Committed to skilling Ugandans with business, technical and vocational training.
She said the ministry is working hard to ensure that training continues urging continuing students and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as government undertakes measures to reopen schools.
