UNEB Closes 2025 Candidate Registration with 6.8% Increase

Kampala: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has officially closed the 2025 national examination registration exercise, marking a 6.8% increase in the number of candidates set to sit for this year’s exams.

UNEB Executive Director Dr. Dan Odongo on July 31, said that all school portals had been shut down and no further candidate data would be accepted.

The closure affects registrations for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).

According to UNEB statistics, a total of 1,415,857 candidates have been registered for the 2025 examination cycle, up from 1,319,139 last year.

Dr. Odongo lauded school administrators who completed the registration process on time and urged all examination centers to continue adhering to UNEB guidelines.

In addition, UNEB will activate an SMS verification service to enable candidates to remotely confirm their registration status. Instructions on how to use the SMS system will be communicated to schools and shared with the public in due course.