Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB generates unspecified amount of money through the sell of national examination results to parents and media houses.
The quickest way to access the examination results is by use of Short Message Service-SMS Platforms, a paid for service across different mobile telecom platforms.
Members of the public not interested in using the SMS or paying for the result have the option of using the body’s online portal to access the results. However, this requires data bundles.
Katherine Kawala’s 16- year- old niece sat the Uganda Certificate of Education examinations in 2017. When the news of the results broke, Kawala loaded airtime on her mobile to get the results. She however, says he experience wasn’t the best.
“I had to send a message three times before I could get any results. I ended up spending 1500 instead of 500 to get her results. That was very expensive,” she said.
According to UNEB, examination results are not public information and as such cannot be free of charge. Previously, UNEB would provide the examination results to media houses free of charge.
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