The Monitor (All Africa) – Evelyn Lirri
“Results from the Uganda Certificate of Examination (UCE) indicate that 243,305 of the 260,080 candidates who sat in 2010 obtained a certificate. With 38.3 percent of these candidates being beneficiaries of the free Universal Secondary Education (USE) programme, Education Minister Namirembe Bitamazire described the results as “impressive.” This is the first set of candidates under the free secondary education programme to sit for UCE examinations.”(more)