National TVET exam results release on Thursday

KAMPALA - First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs Janet Museveni, will, on Thursday, October 24, preside over the release of the July/ August National Technical Vocational Education and Technical Examination (TVET) exam results.

The release is set to take place at State House Nakasero, Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) executive secretary Onemus Oyesigye confirmed in a press statement released on Wednesday.

A total of 1,924 candidates were registered at 45 examination centres across the country. Of these candidates, 533 were female candidates (28%).

These examination results to be released are for Certificates and Diplomas in Technical, Business and Physical and Biological Sciences Diploma and Certificate programmes, as well as Physical and Biological Sciences Diploma and Certificate programmes according to Oyesigye.

Currently, there are over 600 TVET training institutions in Uganda, up from 173 in 2011. At least 70 percent of these are privately owned according to the Ministry of Education and Sports.

Policy reforms

Under the TVET Policy 2019, the Government recognises that effective technical skills are vital for the individual, enterprises and the economy since they lead to self-reliance at the family level, increased productivity, profits and higher incomes for the nation.

This is in a bid to support the creation of needed employable skills and competencies relevant to the national transformational labour market as opposed to just the acquisition of educational certificates.

Under the policy, the government targets all Ugandans in need of skills for employment.