UGANDA BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD

(UBTEB)

THE STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE NOV/DEC 2019 END

OF PROGRAM EXAMINATIONS RESULTS FOR TECHNICAL

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE AND BUSINESS PROGRAMS

BY

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

17th JUNE, 2020

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THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY’S STATEMENT ON THE

RELEASE OF RESULTS FOR THE NOV/DEC 2019 TECHNICAL

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE AND BUSINESS PROGRAMS

EXAMINATIONS OF THE UGANDA BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL

EXAMINATIONS BOARD (UBTEB), 17TH JUNE, 2020.

Hon. Minister of Education and Sports,

Hon. Ministers of State for Education and Sports,

The Permanent Secretary MoES,

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, the Uganda Business and Technical

Examination Board (UBTEB) conducted its 15th series of the final year

examinations from 18th November to 14th December, 2019. These

examinations were done in 556 accredited examination centres and a total of

82,356 candidates (28,177 females & 54,179 Males) registered for different

programs. The programs comprise of Business Diploma & Certificate

Programs with 24,700 candidates; Physical & Biological Sciences Diploma &

Certificate with 2,636; Technical Diploma Programs with 7,122; Technical

National Certificate programs with 42,647; Technical Advanced Craft

Programs with 702 and Technical Uganda Community Polytechnics Programs

with 4,549 candidates.

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Hon. Minister, you recall that on the 7th of February 2020, you released the

results for Uganda Community Polytechnics Certificate (UCPC) and

Advanced Craft Programs. The Board is today presenting to you the second

batch specifically for the Technical National Certificates, Business

Certificates and Business Diploma end of program examinations results,.

I therefore with pleasure take this opportunity to present to you the end of

program examination results for the candidates for official release to the

public pursuant to Regulation 9 (2) of UBTEB Statutory Instrument.

2.0 CANDIDATURE BY REGISTRATION AND SITTING FOR

FINAL YEAR EXAMINATIONS.

Hon Minister, out of a total of 21,190 (4,810 Females & 16,380 Males)

candidates who registered for end of programme examinations in 529 centres

19,722 registered for National Technical Certificates and 1,468 registered for

Business programs. Out of the 19,722 candidates who registered for National

Technical Certicates, 17,278 candidates turned up for examinations

representing 88% while out of the 1,468 candidates who registered for both

diploma and certificate Business programs 1,321 turned up for examinations

representing 90%. Therefore 18,599 candidates representing 88% sat the

examinations while 2,591 candidates representing 12% were absent as Table

2.1 shows;

Table 2.1: Summary of Candidates’ Registration & Sitting for End of Program Examinations

This batch of examinations results were administered in 529 Examination

Centres

Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total

Technical Certificate Programmes 3,945 15,777 19,722 539 1,905 2,444 3,406 13,872 17,278

Business Diploma Programmes 396 320 716 26 47 73 370 273 643

Business Certificate Programmes 469 283 752 36 38 74 433 245 678

Total 4,810 16,380 21,190 601 1,990 2,591 4,209 14,390 18,599

Category of ProgrammesRegistered Sat For ExaminationaAbsent

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From Table 2.1 above, three key issues can be noted;

1. The number of students registering for both technical and business

programs has continued to increase steadily

2. Overall, the number of registered male candidates is four times more

than their female counterparts in the Techical programs while the female

candidates dominated in Business programs.

3. The enrolment of female students in technical programs is however, still

low and this requires affirmative action like is the case in Universities to

attract more females in these programs.

Figures 2.1 & 2.2 show the details of the trend in number and gender for

Technical National Certificate and Business programs respectively.

Fig. 2.1: Registration of Candidates for End of Technical National Certificate Program Examinations (2012 - 2019)

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Fig. 2.2: Registration of Candidates for End of Business Program Examinations (2012 - 2019)

3.0 PERFORMANCE OF CANDIDATES.

3.1: Technical National Certificate

Hon Minister, out of the 17,278 candidates who sat for End of Programme

examinations in 393 Examination Centres, 13,671 candidates representing

79% successfully completed their studies and will proceed to the world of

work or enroll to upgrade to the relevant Diploma programs while 3,607

representing 21% did not complete their respective programs for different

reasons. Details of the results are indicated in section 4.0 below.

3.2 Business Diploma & certificate Programs

Hon Minister, out of the total of 1,321candidates who sat for End of

Programme examinations in 136 Examination Centres, 971 candidates

representing 74% successfully completed their studies and will proceed to the

world of work or enroll to upgrade to the relevant Diploma or degree programs

while 350 representing 26% did not complete their respective programs for

different reasons. Details of the results are also indicated in section 4.0 below.

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4.0 DETAILS OF PERFORMANCE BY PROGRAM, GENDER AND GRADES FOR END OF PROGRAM

EXAMINATION RESULTS

Table 4.1: Technical National Certificates

Code Program Name F M Total % F M F M F M F M F M Total % F M Total %

NCMF National Certificate in

Machining and Fitting5 134 139 71% 0 2 2 76 1 29 1 0 1 27 28 20% 4 107 111 80%

NCBC National Certificate in Building

Construction150 3211 3361 87% 0 23 53 1685 32 754 11 11 54 738 792 24% 96 2,473 2,569 76%

NCAM National Certificate in

Automotive Mechanics44 3523 3567 88% 0 107 19 1852 10 691 0 32 15 841 856 24% 29 2,682 2,711 76%

NCES National Certificate in

Electrical Installation Systems 355 3,066 3421 91% 5 93 62 1626 43 921 9 1 236 425 661 19% 119 2,641 2,760 81%

NCFD National Certificate in Fashion

and Design1,210 91 1301 76% 6 3 643 35 246 31 18 1 297 21 318 24% 913 70 983 76%

NCWT National Certificate in Wood

Work Technology6 78 84 79% 0 0 0 43 3 24 0 0 3 11 14 17% 3 67 70 83%

NCWF National Certificate in Welding

and Fabrication5 134 139 70% 0 0 1 40 3 40 0 2 1 52 53 38% 4 82 86 62%

NCPD National Certificate in Painting

and Decoration16 22 38 72% 2 7 5 10 5 1 3 5 8 21% 13 17 30 79%

NCRA National Certificate in

Refrigeration and Air 7 29 36 97% 0 0 1 11 2 12 1 0 3 6 9 25% 4 23 27 75%

4003 Certificate in Leather Tanning

and Shoe Making6 18 24 96% 0 0 2 9 0 6 0 0 4 3 7 29% 2 15 17 71%

1001 Certificate in Agricultural

Engineering Mechanics Craft

Practice II

2 9 11 73% 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 3 4 36% 1 6 7 64%

NCPL National Certificate in

Plumbing609 1912 2521 89% 3 9 96 906 279 594 14 0 217 403 620 25% 392 1,509 1,901 75%

NCET National Certificate in

Electronics Technology6 78 84 79% 0 0 3 53 0 8 0 1 3 16 19 23% 3 62 65 77%

NCA National Certificate in

Agriculture985 1,567 2552 93% 2 53 516 907 391 465 0 0 76 142 218 9% 909 1,425 2,334 91%

3,406 13,872 17,278 88% 18 297 1,403 7,256 1,016 3,578 55 48 914 2,693 3607 21% 2,492 11,179 13,671 79%Technical Certificate

Successfully Completed

Summary of PerformanceClass of Award

UnsuccessfullTechnical National Certificate - End

of Programs Results

Candidates Perfomance Details

Sat for Exams First Class Second Upper Second Lower Third Class

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The table above, indicates the details of performance of candidates who pursued different programs at

Technical Certificate Level by gender.

i. From the 17,278 candidates who turned up for examinations, 13,671 (2,492 Female & 11,179 male)

representing 79% succesfully completed their programs of study.

ii. There is a 7% improvement in completion rate from 72% in 2018 to 79% in 2019.

iii. A total of 315(2%) candidates got first class certificates, 8,659 (63%) Second Class Upper, 4,594 (34%)

Second Class Lower and 103 (1%) got Third Class.

iv. The best done programs included National Certificate in Agriculture (91%), Woodwork Technology

(83%), Electrical installation systems (81%) and Machining and Fitting (80%) respectively.

v. Certificate in Welding and Fabrication (62%) and Certificate in Agricultural Engineering mechanics craft

(64%) did not perform well in comparison to others.

vi. Generally, male candidates performed better (79%) compared to female candidates with 63%.

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Table 4.2: Business Diploma End of Program Examination Results

From the table above, the following can be noted;

i. The numbers of students are low because these are students that enroll in March after the main August

admissions that usually complete in May-June series of examinations.

ii. From the 643 candidates who turned up for examinations, 492 (270 Female & 222 male) representing 77%

succesfully completed their programs of study.

Code Programme Name F M Total % F M F M F M F M Total % F M Total %

DCEN Diploma in Computer Enginering 1 9 10 71% 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 3 3 30% 1 6 7 70%

DACF Diploma in Accounting & Finance 31 19 50 88% 0 0 17 13 7 3 7 3 10 20% 24 16 40 80%

DEBMDiploma in Entrepreneurship &Business

Management6 1 7 44% 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0% 6 1 7 100%

DSWSDiploma in Social work and Social

Administration8 10 18 90% 0 0 4 4 0 2 4 4 8 44% 4 6 10 56%

DREM Diploma in Business Management 43 5 48 84% 1 0 26 3 7 2 9 0 9 19% 34 5 39 81%

DPAM Diploma In Public Administration 20 25 45 90% 0 0 9 13 2 6 9 6 15 33% 11 19 30 67%

DCISDiploma in Computing &Information

Systems5 17 22 76% 0 0 2 6 1 3 2 8 10 45% 3 9 12 55%

DCFSDiploma In Customs Clearing, Forwarding

& Shipping Management9 8 17 61% 1 0 6 4 0 3 2 1 3 18% 7 7 14 82%

NDC National Diploma in Cosmetology 36 3 39 95% 2 0 21 3 6 0 7 0 7 18% 29 3 32 82%

NDJ National Diploma in Journalism 49 77 126 93% 0 0 11 43 5 23 33 11 44 35% 16 66 82 65%

DBS Diploma in Business Studies 162 99 261 97% 2 5 111 52 22 27 27 15 42 16% 135 84 219 84%

370 273 643 90% 6 5 212 146 52 71 100 51 151 23% 270 222 492 77%

Business Diploma Programs Candidates Performance Details SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE

Year Two , Semester Two (Mrach 2018 Intake ) Sat for ExaminationsHAS SOME MODULES TO

RETAKESUCCESFULLY COMPLETEDClass II (Credit) Class III (Pass)

Class I

(Distinction)

Class of Awards

Total

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iii. A total of 11 (2%) candidates got Distinction, 358 (73%) Credit and 123(25%) pass certificates.

iv. There is a 5% improvement in completion rate from 72% in 2018 to 77% in 2019.

v. The best done programs were Diploma in Entrepreneurship (100%), Business Studies (84%), Cosmetology

(82%), Clearing & fowarding (82%) and Accounting & Finance (80%) respectively while diplomas in

Computing & Information Systems (55%) and Social Work &Social Administrations (56%) were not done

well in comparison with others.

vi. Generally, male candidates performed better (81%) compared to their female counterparts with an average

completion rate of 72%

vii. Candidates who pursued Diploma in Accounting & finance however had difficulties in mastering the

modules of Income Tax and Elements of Financial reporting.

viii. Also, those who did Diploma in Business studies (Accounting) did not perform well in the module of

Principles of Taxation.

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Table 4.3: Business Certificate End of Program Examination Results

From the table above the following can be noted;

i. In this category, from the 676 candidates who turned up for examinations, 483 (323 Female & 160 male)

representing 71% succesfully completed their programs of study.

Code Programme Name F M Total % F M F M F M F M F M Total % F M Total %

CHCCertificate in Hotel and Institutional

Catering21 10 31 89% 0 0 4 5 3 2 1 2 13 1 14 45% 8 9 17 55%

CITCertificate information Communication

Technology27 53 80 90% 0 0 2 23 3 13 1 7 21 10 31 39% 6 43 49 61%

CSMCertificate in Secretarial and Information

Management 43 0 43 91% 0 0 11 0 21 0 2 0 9 0 9 21% 34 0 34 79%

CRM Certificate in Records Management 103 23 126 93% 0 1 36 6 43 3 7 1 17 12 29 23% 86 11 97 77%

CST Certificate in Computer Science 8 19 27 87% 1 4 1 3 3 3 0 1 3 8 11 41% 5 11 16 59%

CACF Certificate in Accounting and Finance 83 47 130 94% 0 0 25 9 34 21 11 6 13 11 24 18% 70 36 106 82%

CBA Certificate in Business Administration 55 33 88 93% 0 0 11 8 23 7 9 2 12 16 28 32% 43 17 60 68%

CSWCertificate in Social Works and Social

Administration17 6 23 70% 0 1 7 2 6 1 0 0 4 2 6 26% 13 4 17 74%

CTHCertificate in Tourism and Hospitality

Management 6 3 9 69% 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 33% 4 2 6 67%

CCF Certificate in Clearing and Forwarding 12 8 20 91% 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 4 6 10 50% 8 2 10 50%

CLSCertificate in Library and Information

Science9 2 11 79% 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 3 2 5 45% 6 0 6 55%

CBS Certificate in Business Studies 6 2 8 73% 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 38% 4 1 5 63%

CJS Certificate in Journalism and Media Studies 41 39 80 92% 0 3 17 11 13 9 6 1 5 15 20 25% 36 24 60 75%

431 245 676 90% 2 9 119 68 159 62 43 21 108 85 193 29% 323 160 483 71%

SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE

Year Two , Semester Two (August 2018 Intake) Sat for ExaminationsHAVE SOME MODULES TO

RETAKEFirst Class

Second Class

(Upper Division)

Second Class

(Lower Division)Pass SUCCESFULLY COMPLETED

Candidates Performance Details Business Certificate Programs

Total

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ii. A total of 11(2%) candidates got First Class, 187 (39%) Second Class Upper division, 221(46%) Second

Lower, and 64 (13%) got pass certificates.

iii. There is a 1% improvement in completion rate from 70% in 2018 to 71% in 2019.

iv. The best done programs were Certificates in Social Works & Social Administration (92%), Accounting &

Finance (82%), Secretarial & information Management (79%), Records management (77%) and

Journalism & media studies (75%) respectively while Certificates in Clearing & Forawarding (50%), Hotel

& Institutional Catering (55%) and Library & Information Science (55%) did not perform well in

comparison with others.

v. Generally, female candidates performed better (67%) compared to their male counterparts with average

completion rate of 52%

vi. Computer fundamentals, General Principles of law, Business calculations, Elements of Taxation and

Shorthand were some of the modules which affected the performance of most candidates in the respective

programs.

vii. Fundamentals of accounting is outstanding among the modules which contributed to the low completion

rate for Certificate in library & information science while Bakery & pastery –Practical also affected the

performance of Hotel &Institutional catering.

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5.0 ACHIEVEMENTS

Hon. Minister;

a) The Board has continued to register an increased number of examination centres

from 184 in 2011 to the current 556 and is now assessing over 97% of all

institutions and programs expected to be under its jurisdiction.

b) The Board has integrated the use of Information and Communications

Techncology in its operations. Currently, all programs can be registred online

which has eased the processing of academic documents including academic

transcripts that can now be issued timely at the release of results.

c) Pursuant to Regulation 9 (1) (g) of the UBTEB Regulation, the Board has

established collaborations with formal professional bodies like Uganda Small

Scale Industries Association (USSIA), Uganda Manufacturers Association

(UMA), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) and

Uganda Institutions of Professional Engineers (UIPE) which has enhanced

participation of the industry practitioners in the assessment processes. The Board

has also initiated collaboration with Toyota Uganda, Roofings Uganda, Kakira

Sugar Works and National Water and Sewarage Cooperation.

d) In line with the TVET Policy, the Board has enhanced the capacity of

Lecturers/Instructors/Practitioners in Competence Based Assessment (CBA)

and a total of 239 Assessors have been trained.

e) The Board has has established a functional Special Needs unit as contribution

towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal No.4 which aims at

achieving inclusive and quality education while ensuring equal access to

affordable vocational training to all.

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5.0 Examination Malpractice

The Board has continued to put up various measures to minimize

examination malpratcices and leakages;

i. The Board did not register any leakages of examination papers during the

November-December 2019 examinations;

ii. There was however, 68 candidates involved in malpractice mainly

smuggling unauthorized material into the examination rooms and collusion

among candidates. The Candidates who got involved in these examination

malpractices appeared before the Examination Security Committee of the

Board that recommended cancellation of results for 52 candidates as per

Regulation 69.The Board is recommending withholding of the results of 16

candidates since investigations are still going on.

Allow me commend all those Heads of Institutions and other stakeholders

that are playing a key role in ensuring that there is no examination

malpractice. The Board shall not at any one time tolerate any form of

examination malpractice and will continue with its efforts to completely

eliminate the vice.

6.0 Challenges encountered during the Conduct of Examinations

Hon. Minister, during the conduct of these examinations and processing of results,

the Board experienced some challenges including the following;

i. The Instructors in the Technical Institutes and Colleges are not yet all fully

retooled in the delivery of Competence Based Education and Training (CBET)

programs. This constraints the Board in terms of accessing adequate numbers of

Instructors in the varius examination processes of the Board.

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ii. While Board appreciates Government’s support in remitting of subventions on

a quarterly basis, the funds released are inadequate to cater for the increased cost

of processing, delivering and administering the examinations. These include the

high costs in conducting practical assessment which constrains the Board’s

finances and this is critical for Competence Based Assessment.

iii. Hon. Minister, We have received media reports misrepresenting facts about our

examination fees. Whereas we have already presented a challenge of inadequate

funding, this has never been addressed by the increase of examination fees. The

Board reteriates its position that the examination fees have remained same since

2012.

7.0 Recommendations

The following are some of the recommendations;

a) Retooling of Instructors should be continuous to match with CBET and

generally Competence Based Assessment principles.

b) Increased funding to the Board to enable it achieve adequate and effective

delivery of its mandate especially on practical related assessment.

c) Incentivize female participation in BTVET training including affirmative

admission, provision of scholarships for female students, popularizing

progressive female technicians and female trainees in the media.

8.0 APPRECIATION

The Board is grateful to you Hon. Minister of Education and Sports for your

invaluable support and continued guidance on Policy matters. Your good

leadership to the Sector has ensured continuous availability of funds to the Board

and this has enabled it to fulfil its mandate.

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I take this opportunity to further thank the Ministry Techncial Team headed by the

Permanent Secretary and all our cherished stakeholders including DIT, NCDC,

UNEB, NCHE and Uganda Police. In the same vein, I thank all the Examination

managers at different level who assisted in the conduct of these examinations in

accordance with the Regulations of the Board. This has enabled the Board to

produce commendable output within a very short time of its existence.

In a very special way, allow me thank Board members under the chairmanship of

Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha for the invaluable support and guidance offered to the

Secretariat.

I cannot forget to thank my staff for the relentless service offered and sacrifices

made to ensure timely release of the examination results.

The Board 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”.

Hon. Minister I now take the honour to handover the November/December 2019

examination results to the Board Chairperson who will in turn hand them over to you

for release to the Public.

For God and my Country.

Onesmus Oyesigye (CPA)

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY