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Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is a national assessment body in Uganda, established in 1983 by an act of Parliament. [1] The UNEB Secretariat is headed by the Executive Secretary, who is the Chief Executive head and the accounting officer of the board.
UK Postgraduate Grading System. The postgraduate grading system for master's degrees in the UK is similar to the Honours system but differs in some points. [54] The minimum passing grade is 50% instead of 40%. The complete classifications look as follows: Distinction: 70-100%; Merit: 60-69%; Pass: 50-59%; Fail: Less than 50%
In Uganda, students receive the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) when they finish the four year lower secondary school.It is comparable to GCE O-Level in the UK. UCE is also called "O-Level" by the people in Uganda.
The present system of education, known as Universal Primary Education (UPE), has existed since 1997, [4] and its introduction was the result of democratisation and open elections, as there was popular support for free education. [5] Despite its promising boosts in enrolment, issues with funding and organisation have continued to plague the UPE.
In Uganda, students receive the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) when they finish the 2-year upper secondary school which is also called the HSC (meaning High School Certificate).
Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100).
Under the WAEC Marking and Grading Scheme, the letters A to F indicate how good a result is (while the numbers 1-9 are only used to rank the grades). In other words, To get an A1 in a subject, WASSCE Mathematics, for example, you need to score at least 75%.
In Northern Ireland, a new grade C* was introduced in 2019 to line up with the English grade 5. In both systems, work below the grade G or 1 standard is denoted as 'Unclassified' (U). For comparison purposes, a grade C is considered equivalent to a 4, and an A is equivalent to a 7, and an 8 is equivalent roughly to an A*.