BY: Shiba Nakakande
Electives, also known as optional subjects, are where a student can choose a subject of their own to make up the number of subjects required at registration at Ordinary Level.
The Uganda National Examinations Board emphasizes the need for schools to guide students in choosing electives to avoid picking those that conflict with the timetable. This can be inconvenient for the candidate since they cannot sit for two examinations at once.
PLE registration
According to UNEB, any pupil who has spent more than one term in a post-primary institution or secondary school is isnot elligible to register for PLE.
PLE registration is 34,000 Ugandan shillings. (Thirty four Thousand Shillings)
UCE registration
There are three elective subject groups from which candidates choose: Elective group one has Ugandan sign language, Kiswahili, literature in English, local language, and foreign language.
Elective group II has performing arts, arts and design, Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Physical nutrition, Food and technology, Information and communication technology, and technology and design.
Elective group III has Christian Religious Education (CRE) or Islamic Religious Education (IRE).
“Candidates with special needs can select at least three subjects from at least two of the groups.
A candidate can choose one or two electives rom any one or two groups,” noted UNEB
UCE candidates, under the lower secondary curriculum, are expected to submit a minimum of eight subjects and a maximum of nine subjects.
Candidates’ signatures are a must before their information is uploaded as verification; also, parents have been encouraged to cross-check their or their children’s information and follow up with their registration.
UNEB, in charge of registering students in their final year of study in primary and secondary, has clarified the requirements needed for students to be registered.
UACE registration
The current UACE candidates are the last cohort to sit for examination under the old curriculum. Senior six candidates must register for General paper and either three principal subjects and subsidiary mathematics or three principal subjects and subsidiary computer.
Each candidate should register for a maximum of five subjects; no candidate should register for more than three principal subjects and two subsidiary subjects.
Repeaters and private candidates are advised to register for General paper and at least one principal subject.
Due to high numbers of candidates and scarcity of science laboratories, more than two shifts for practical examinations are allowed.
With special permission from the UNEB Executive Director, a school with a UNEB center number is allowed to register candidates from one without a center number.
Candidates’ choices for institutions and schools are to be uploaded during registration.
Normal registration closes on May 31, 2025. From June 1 to June 30, 2025, late registration with a 50 percent surcharge will run, while the final late registration (with a 100 percent surcharge) will be from July 1 to July 31, 2025.
