UGANDA BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

(UBTEB)

THE STATEMENT FOR RELEASE OF THE MAY/JUNE 2019 END OF

PROGRAMME EXAMINATIONS RESULTS

BY

ONESMUS OYESIGYE (CPA)

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

10TH OCTOBER, 2019

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THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF RESULTS FOR

THE MAY/JUNE 2019 EXAMINATIONS OF THE UGANDA BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL

EXAMINATIONS BOARD (UBTEB), 10TH OCTOBER 2019

Hon. Minister for Education and Sports,

The Permanent Secretary,

Members of the MoES Technical Team,

The Chairperson and Members of the Board of UBTEB,

Executive Secretaries and Representatives of other Examination Boards,

The Directors of other agencies,

Heads of Institutions Present,

The UBTEB Secretariat Staff,

Members of the Press,

Distinguished invited Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.

1.0. INTRODUCTION

Hon. Minister of Education and Sports, Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB)

conducted its 15th series of Final year examinations from 17th May to 17th June, 2019 in 175 accredited

Examination Centres countrywide in the categories of; Technical 39, Business 113 and Physical

&Biological centres 23.

Today you will be releasing results for candidates who joined the training institutions in August, 2017,

and March 2018, for; (1) Technical Diploma Programmes, (2) Business Diploma & Certificate

Programmes and (3) Physical & Biological Diploma & Certificate Programmes.

2.0. CANDIDATURE BY REGISTRATION AND PERFORMANCE FOR MAY/JUNE 2019

EXAMINATIONS

Hon. Minister, the May/June, 2019 examinations involved the promotional and end of programme

examinations. A total of 27,043 (14,404 Female & 12,639 Male) candidates registered for the

examinations, 21,697 (88%) turned up for examinations while 5,309(20%) missed some papers in

one or more examination and also some missed to do continuous assessment and industrial training.

They therefore never met the complete programme requirements.

Out of 27,043 candidates that registered for examinations, 20,037 candidates were for promotional

examinations while 7,006 candidates were for end of programmes examinations.

Compared to the previous year’s (May/June 2018) candidature, there was a general increase in

registration for examinations in business programmes by 98% from 8,904 to 17,629 in June 2019 and

by 130% for promotional examinations. This was as a result of streamlining assessments of Post O-

level Business Certificate programmes by the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Hon. Minister these promotional results were internaly released by the Board at its 25th sitting on

Friday 30Th September, 2019 at UBTEB Secretariat in Ntinda. The heads of examination Centres are

therefore advised to print online these promotional results together with those of Final year

examination results after you have officialy released them to the public today.

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On behalf of UBTEB team allow me now present to you the May /June 2019 Examinations results for

Candidates who completed their programmes of study for release to the public in accordance with

Regulation 9 (2) of the Statutory Instruments 2009 No.9.

2.1 CANDIDATURE BY REGISTRATION AND PERFORMANCE FOR MAY/JUNE 2019 END OF PROGRAMME EXAMINATIONS

Hon. Minister, allow me now present to you the registration and performance for May/June 2019 End

of Programme examinations in the different categories mentioned above. From Table 2.1 below, a total

of 7,006 (2,638 Female & 4,368 Male) candidates registered for final year examinations, 5,656 (81%)

did all the four sets of examinations while 1,350(19%) missed some papers in one or moe

examination and some missed to do continuous assessment at the training institutions.

Table 2.1 Registration and Performance for Final Examinations

Generally out of the total 5,656 candidates who turned up for these examinations, 4,023 (71%)

acquired full competences while 1,634 (29%) did not satisfy all the required standards but will be

allowed to improve on their different areas of weakneses to enable them join the world of work.

Details of specific programmes are contained in the tables, section 4 below.

Hon. Minister, the Board has conducted research into the category of candidates who miss to do some

selected modules of examinations and is yet to present its findings to the public.

Overall the completion rate this year 2019 compares averagely the same at 71% with that of May /

June 2018 which was 71.3% as shown in Fig 2.1. We believe that this levelling in completion rates is

caused by constant review of curricula in a bid to address the ever changing needs of the world of

work. The Board begun it operations in 2011 with a set of curricula for Technical and UCC Diplomas

but in 2014 Technical Diploma Curricula changed, and that of UCC was also reviewed in 2016. To

match with the creation of Centres of Excellence in technical training, the UTCs came up with another

set of new curricula last year. The Specialised institutions have also reviewed their curricula in the

recent past.

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Fig 2.1: Trend in Completion Rates Final Year May-June Examinations from 2013 to 2019.

3.0 PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES IN MAY/JUNE 2019 END OF

PROGRAMME EXAMINATIONS

Hon. Minister, the results being presented today are cumulative records from previous promotional

examinations. This means that the final results obtained by candidates are affected by performance in

all the examinations taken previously. The results presented include the category of candidates that

have completed their programme of studies successfully and some will join the world of work while

others may progress to other higher qualifications. Those who have not obtained full competences will

be allowed to improve on them when examinations are next offered. The Tables below present a

detailed analysis of the performance of candidates per programme category.

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4.0 DETAILED PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES PER CATEGORY OF PROGRAMMES

Table 4.1: Technical Diploma Programmes-Final Results

From Table 4.1 above the following can be noted;

i. For this category, more male candidates dominate (264F & 2,606M) in registration, however the number of female has continued to narrow this

gap.

ii. From the 2,153 (83%) who sat for examinations ,1,551 representing 72% succesfully completed their studies. This is a 2% improvement from

70% in June 2018.

iii. The 602 (28%) who did not satisfy all the required standards will have to improve their competences in some of the modules when the

examinations and continuous assessment will next be offered;

iv. The percentage performance of candidates was generally above average in the various programmes ranging from 53% to 88%.

v. Female candidates, though few, have maintained a lead in completion rates, ie. 76.5%vs 73% in 2017, 74% vs 69.6% in 2018 and this year

75.1% vs 71.7%.

vi. From analysis of the results, modules; Engineering Surveying, Engineering Mathematics II, Strength of Materials, AutoCad and

Thermodynamics negatively affected the completion rates in most of the programmes in this category.

vii. The Board advises Heads of Examination Centres to monitor the teaching to ensure complete and early coverage of the syllabus/curricula.

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Table 4.2: Business Diploma Programmes- Final Results

i. 2,960 candidates that registered for examinations 2,243 sat for examinations from which 1,648 representing 73% of the candidates

completed their studies successfully. This is a 0.2% improvement in completion rates from 72.8% in June 2018 to 73% in year 2019.

ii. Also the 595 candidates representing 27 % will need to retake some modules when next offered to improve their competences;

iii. Unlike in Technical diploma programs, here female candidates dominate in numbers, and male candidates lead in completion rate; 75.9%

Male Vs 70.7% female in June 2018 and now 78.9% vs 64.6 in year 2019.

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Table 4.3: Business Certificate Programmes- Final Results

Hon. Minister, these few programmes are the last cohort of the old curricula. The Board and BTVET department together with NCDC rolled out 16

sets of Business curricula which came into operation from August 2018.

i. In this category, 455 candidates registered and out of the 352 candidates that sat for examinations 234 (66%) successfully completed their

programmes while 118 representing 34% will have to improve their competences in some subjects when the examinations will next be offered.

ii. The overall completion rate improved by 1.9% from 64.1% in June 2018 to 66% in year 2019.

iii. Here female candidates dominated in number and completion rates; 67.5% versus male with 61.1%.

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Table 4.4: Physical & Biological Sciences- Diploma Programmes

S/NProgram

codeF M TT F M TT % F M TT % TT % TT % TT % F M TT % F M TT %

1 CATDiploma in Cartography

(Geoinformatics)12 24 36 0 7 7 19% 12 17 29 81% 0 0% 15 52% 3 10% 8 10 18 62% 4 7 11 38%

2 LMVDiploma in Land Management

and Valuation12 32 44 1 6 7 16% 11 26 37 84% 1 3% 26 70% 0 0% 9 18 27 73% 2 8 10 27%

3 PPL Diploma in Physical Planning 4 15 19 0 2 2 11% 4 13 17 89% 0 0% 10 59% 0 0% 2 8 10 59% 2 5 7 41%

4 SURDiploma in Land Surveying

and Geomatics18 64 82 0 3 3 4% 18 61 79 96% 0 0% 26 33% 0 0% 5 21 26 33% 13 40 53 67%

5 DAM Diploma in Agro Meteorology 7 10 17 0 0 0 0% 7 10 17 100% 0 0% 14 82% 0 0% 4 10 14 82% 3 0 3 18%

6 DM Diploma in Meteorology 7 21 28 0 0 0 0% 7 21 28 100% 0 0% 17 61% 0 0% 5 12 17 61% 2 9 11 39%

7 DAPNational Diploma in Animal

Production and Management71 237 308 7 27 34 11% 64 210 274 89% 18 7% 181 66% 8 3% 48 159 207 76% 16 51 67 24%

8 DCPNational Diploma in Crop

Production and Management89 147 236 3 9 12 5% 86 138 224 95% 3 1% 149 67% 7 3% 58 101 159 71% 28 37 65 29%

9 DBBMMDiploma in Boat Building

Technology and Marine 0 3 3 0 0 0 0% 0 3 3 100% 0 0% 1 33% 0 0% 0 1 1 33% 0 2 2 67%

10 DFMT

Diploma in Fisheries

Management and

Technologies

10 35 45 0 0 0 0% 10 35 45 100% 3 7% 30 67% 0 0% 8 25 33 73% 2 10 12 27%

11 DFMTU

Diploma in Fisheries

Management and

Technologies (Upgraders)

5 11 16 0 1 1 6% 5 10 15 94% 1 7% 8 53% 0 0% 3 6 9 60% 2 4 6 40%

12 DIAADiploma in Integrated

Agriculture and Aquaculture7 13 20 0 0 0 0% 7 13 20 100% 3 15% 12 60% 0 0% 4 11 15 75% 3 2 5 25%

TOTAL 242 612 854 11 55 66 8% 231 557 788 92% 29 4% 489 62% 18 2% 154 382 536 68% 77 175 252 32%

Class III

(Pass)

Class I

(Distin/tion)

Class II

(Credit)Succesfully Completed

Have Some Papers to

Perfect CompetencesYear Two Sem Two Registered Missed Paper(s) Sat for exams

Hon Minister, these programmes are from training institutions under the different ministries of Agriculture Animal Industry & Fisheries, Tourism, Wildlife and

Antiquities, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and Ministry of Water and Environment

i. For this category, out of the 788 candidates that sat for these examinations, 536 (68)% successfully completed their programmes while

252(32%%) will have to improve their competences in some modules when the examinations will next be offered;

ii. Male candidates however did better with completion rate of 68.6% compared to female with completion rate of 66.7%.

iii. The modules; Fisheries Resources management, Fish Diversity & Taxonomy negatively affected the completion rate of those who

did fisheies programs.

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Table 4.5: Physical & Biological Sciences- Certificate Programmes Departmental Certificate

Programs

S/NProgram

codeProgram Name F M TT F M TT % F M TT % TT % TT % TT % TT % F M TT % F M TT %

1 CBBMM

Certificate in Boat Building

Technology and Marine

Mechanics

0 5 5 0 0 0 0% 0 5 5 100% 0 0% 2 40% 0 0% 0 0% 0 2 2 40% 0 3 3 60%

2 CFMT

Certificate in Fisheries

Management and

Technologies

7 16 23 2 1 3 13% 5 15 20 87% 0 0% 6 30% 0 0% 0 0% 0 6 6 30% 5 9 14 70%

3 CLMGCertificate in Land

Management and Geomatics28 62 90 2 5 7 8% 26 57 83 92% 1 1% 21 25% 17 20% 0 0% 12 27 39 47% 14 30 44 53%

4 CM Certificate in Meteorology 4 2 6 0 0 0 0% 4 2 6 100% 0 0% 3 50% 1 17% 0 0% 2 2 4 67% 2 0 2 33%

5 CWM

Certificate in Wildlife and

Natural Resource

Management

0 7 7 0 1 1 14% 0 6 6 86% 0 0% 2 33% 1 17% 0 0% 0 3 3 50% 0 3 3 50%

TOTAL 39 92 131 4 7 11 8% 35 85 120 92% 1 1% 34 28% 19 16% 0 0% 14 40 54 45% 21 45 66 55%

Registered Succesfully CompletedPassYear Two Sem

TwoMissed Paper(s) Sat for exams First Class

Second Class

(Upper)

Have Some Papers to

Perfect Competences

Second

Class

i. Here out of the 120 candidates that sat for the these examinations 45% successfully completed their programmes while 55% will have to improve their

competences in some subjects when the examinations will next be offered;

ii. These candidates are always few, and they form part of those who join the specialised diploma programmes.

iii. There were no particular modules or reasons to explain this low completion rate, but our research team has already embacked on

exploring it further.

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5.0 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS FROM THE RESULTS

5.1 Registration and Performance

1. Overall, registration for continuing students increased by 98 % in business programmes while there

was slight drop for end of programmes examinations by 8% from 7588 in 2018 to 7007 due to

streamelining of assessment in Business Certificate Programmes.

2. Overall male candidates had a completion rate of 73.8 compared to female candidates with 66.6%.

3. The candidates exhibited good performance in Business diploma programmes with completion

rate of 73%, Technical Diploma with 72%.

5.2 Examinations Leakages and Malpractices

The Board has continued to set up various measures to minimize examination malpratcices;

1. There were 72 cases of examination malpractice involving 72 candidates from 12

examination centres. The Board heard their pleas and has recommended caution and

cancellation of results for 56 candidates. The Board is withholding results of 16 candidates

until their cases are finalised. This number of cases is inclusive of the continuing candidates.

The Board is withholding the results of these candidates pending your approval for

cancellation in accordance with Regulation 9 (3) of the Statutory Instrument 2009 No.9.

The Public should note that with effect from Novemebr-December, 2019 examination series,

the regulations approved by the Hon. Minister will apply. Any attempt to indulge in any

malpractice even in one paper will lead to cancellation of results of the entire semester. These

regulations on examination offenses and their penalties have already been circulated in our

communication channels including the website and social media platforms. So candidates

should be guided prior to sitting of next examinations.

2. The Board however, like in the previous years, did not register any leakage of examination

papers during the May-June 2019 examinations. Allow me commend all Heads of

Examination Centres, the Uganda Police and other stakeholders that are playing a key role in

ensuring that we completely eliminate the vice.

6.0 ACHIEVEMENTS

1. As a result of the 2017 circula from the Permanent Secretary on streamlining assessment, the Board

is now assessing over 90 percent of all the programmes expected to be under its jurisdiction.

2. The Board has now enrolled all programmes under online registration and this will ease the

processing academic documents.

3. The Board has revised its key policy documents including the Examination Regulations, Human

Resource Manual and the Organisations Functional Structure. The revision was intended to

strealmine internal operations and minimise examination malpractices so as to achieve efficiency and

effectivenees in the delivery of our mandate. The Board would like to thank the Hon. Minister for

approving these key policy documents.

4. UBTEB has inaugurated the new Board chaired by Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha at the time when TVET

is undergoing reforms. We would like to thank you for this timely appointment of members with vast

experience.

5. UBTEB has accredited 24 more Examination Centers contributing to the total number of 562.

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6. UBTEB is also issuing Academic transcripts immediately after the release of results. The Timely

release of awards makes the graduates confidently engage in employment and production system.

7. UBTEB has established collaborations with formal professionals bodies like USSIA, UMA, ICPAU

and UIPE to develop strategies for enhancing the participation of the industry in the assessment

processes.

7.0 CHALLENGES

Hon. Minister, allow me mention some of the key challenges of the Board that affect operations:-

1. Whereas the Board acknowledges the efforts of BTVET and NCDC for streamlining and harmoning

the 16 Post Ordinary Level Business Education Certificate programmes, there are still some diploma

programmes that are not harmonized. This is a result of some examination centres, presenting

programmes accredited by National Council for Higher Education but similar to those approved by

National Curriculum Development Centre. Whereas both programmes are authentic and valid, a

duplication of their content is costly to the Board calling for harmonization. The Board requests that

the BTVET department collaborates with all stakeholders to address this challenge.

2. Some curricula need to be reviewed to match with contemporary trends in the world of work. For

instance; Diploma in ICT and in Journalism that are silent about digital technology.

3. Mismatch between the teaching methods and the requirements of delivering the reviewed

curriculum. The reviewed curriculum requires great innovations in the delivery methods, positive

attitude and skills in using instruments and instructional materials. In some cases the training

requires deliberate instructor-led research, all these are minimally visible in the answer scripts of the

candidates, and calls for a deliberate strategy to re-tool all instructors and realign them to the

reviewed curriculum that emphasize Competence Based Education and Training (CBET).

4. The Board appreciates additional funding it received from the Ministry in FY2019/2020. However,

there is still limited funding to the Board to deliver its mandate in all examination processes. The unit

cost of assessing a BTVET candidate is high because it involves both continuous and practical

assessements.

5. Some industries do not take up trainees for internship and industrial training. This in some cases

leaves both the trainees and their training institutions stranded in the absence of a policy that

regulates Industrial Training. It therefore calls for deliberate effort to regulate, promote and supervise

industrial training so that every industry treats it as a mandatory obligation to offer.

8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Review curriculum with intention of harmonization of modules in the different Business Diploma,

Agriculture, Journalism and ICT Diploma programmes. This could involve strengthening of

collaboration for improvement in curriculum authentication and delivery by NCHE, NCDC, BTVET

and training institutions.

2. Instructor retooling in areas of assessment and continuous professional development (CPD) to align

the training delivery to competence based assessment.

3. Additional funding to the Board be made to adequately addresss challenges in funding practical

oriented assessment in line with CBET.

4. Deliberate policy on promoting, coordinating and regulating Industrial Training/ internship should be

put in place.

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5. Incentivize female participation in TVET training including affirmative admission, provision of

scholarships for females, popularizing progressive female technicians and female trainees in the

media.

6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1. The Board is grateful to the Ministry of Education and Sports for the continued guidance and

financial support;

2. The Board has continued to working together with BTVET Department. We cherish this relationship

since it has helped us to achieve most of UBTEB desired goals;

3. The Board greatly appreciates the assistance and support from the Chairperson and Board members,

Examiners, candidates and their Parents/Guardians and other UBTEB stakeholders for the good work

done;

4. The Board appreciates constant collaboration with all sister Examinations Boards and other

stakeholders like DIT, NCDC and NCHE. This has enabled UBTEB to produce commendable output

within a very short time of its existence;

5. The Board appreciates the support of the Heads of Institutions, Teachers and Police in the conduct of

these examinations;

6. I appreciate the Secretariat Staff for the commitment to ensuring that the exams are processed right

from inception stages to this results release function;

7. The Board also is grateful to the Examination Managers from both the Industry and training

Institutions that have been involved professionally with integrity in the examination processes;

8. UBTEB also appreciates the role of the press and media in the process of achieving its vision and

mission.

Finally, on behalf of the Secretariat and on my own behalf, allow me congratulate all the candidates and

parents/ guardians and all other UBTEB stakeholders for the accomplishments made to this day. We shall

always work together as we continue….“Setting Pace for Quality Assessment”.

Thank you and May God bless you all.

I now take the honour to handover the May/June, 2019 examination results to the Board Chairperson who

will in turn hand them over to the Hon. Minister for release to the Public.

For God and my Country.

Onesmus Oyesigye (CPA)

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY