The Uganda National Examinations Board has set June 30 as the deadline for normal registration of candidates for the 2026 Primary Leaving Examinations, Uganda Certificate of Education, and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education. The extension is meant to accommodate newly accredited centres.
UNEB Executive Secretary Mr Daniel Odong said registration is already underway.
‘The registration of the 2026 candidates is under way for PLE, UCE, and UACE. Normal registration has been extended to June 30th, 2026 to accommodate the new centres that have been accredited,’ he said while giving an update at the Media Centre on May 29.
He warned that no registrations will be accepted after July 31. Late registration will attract a surcharge of 100% for PLE and 50% for UCE and UACE, running from July 1 to July 31.
‘Late registration, attracting a surcharge of 100 percent for PLE and 50 percent for UCE and UACE candidates will start on July 1st, 2026 and close July 31st, 2026,’ Odong said.
Centres were urged to complete registration early to avoid last-minute congestion at the deadline.
On fees, Odong said government will continue paying registration for all candidates sponsored under Universal Primary Education, Universal Secondary Education, and Universal Post O-level Education and Training. For privately sponsored candidates, fees remain Shs34,000 for PLE, Shs164,000 for UCE, and Shs186,000 for UACE.
He cautioned heads of centres and school directors against charging extra fees disguised as UNEB charges. ‘Such an offence attracts a penalty to two thousand currency points (Forty Million Shillings) or a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both,’ he said, citing Section 33 of the UNEB Act, Cap 259, which makes it an offence to charge fees not prescribed by UNEB. The board will also withdraw the examination centre and, if the offender is a registered teacher, they will be deregistered.
Parents and members of the public asked to pay inflated ‘UNEB fees’ were advised to report to the nearest police station.
Mr Odong also warned heads of centres and their representatives to remit all UNEB fees and ensure students are fully registered.
‘Any one who fails to do so commits an offence, and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand currency points (Forty Million Shillings) or a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both, as provided for in section 32 of the UNEB Act, CAP 259,’ he said.
Offenders will be required to refund money to learners or sponsors and compensate them.
Government-aided schools were put on notice not to register privately sponsored candidates as government-sponsored. Any head of centre or school director found doing so will pay twice the amount defrauded.