In
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
, students receive the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) when they finish the 2-year upper secondary school which is also called the HSC. It is comparable to
GCE A-Level in the UK. UACE is also known colloquially as "A-Level". The examinations for the UACE are administered by the
Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).
The Education System in Uganda
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Notable people who have qualified on this level
*Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then ...
* Kin Kariisa
* Robert Kyagulanyi
* Paul Mucureezi
External links
UNEB Homepage
See also
*Education in Uganda
The system of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years of secondary education (divided into 4 years of lower secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school), and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. Educat ...
*Uganda Certificate of Education 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 UCE examinations are a ...
References
School qualifications
Education in Uganda
these examinations are administered countrywide to all registered schools and students. All students are subjected to the same grading scale.
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