Kizito said their school does not host a UNEB examination centre, so students were expected to sit the exams at Nakifuma Modern Secondary School.
Students from Cream Field Vocational Senior Secondary School in Nakifuma, Mukono district, were thrown into panic after discovering hours before the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams that they had not been registered, despite parents paying all fees months earlier.
On Sunday evening, parents and learners expressed anger and frustration over the last-minute revelation. Several candidates even fainted and were rushed to nearby health centres upon learning she would not sit the exams.
Others described sleepless nights and anxiety as they struggled to understand how the school had failed them.
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Rayan Kizito, one of the affected candidates said that they paid the registration and school fees and have been attending school for the last four years but they discovered on Friday that only 3 out of 18 students had been registered.
Kizito said their school does not host a UNEB examination centre, so students were expected to sit the exams at Nakifuma Modern Secondary School.
He added that since the second term, students had not received index numbers and were promised they would get them during the briefing.
However, during the briefing, learners were left confused as no proper session took place. When they went to the designated exam centre, the headteacher initially assured them their registration issue was being addressed. Later, they discovered they had never been registered for the exams.
Mark reported that Cream Field Vocational Senior Secondary School is run by Muhammad Ssenfuka and Ramathan Muwonge, who are currently unreachable. He said he visited the director’s home yesterday and again this morning but could not find him.
Frustrated, the students warned that if they are not allowed to sit for the exams, they will track down the administrators and ‘hold them accountable’.
Parents expressed deep frustration and anxiety, noting their confusion over what will happen if their children are unable to sit for the exams this year. They said the situation has left them worried about lost opportunities, wasted fees, and the potential impact on their children’s academic future. Many demanded urgent intervention from education authorities to ensure their children are registered in time.
For years, some headteachers and school administrators have been known to misappropriate candidates’ registration fees. In response, UNEB introduced strict measures to curb such practices. Section 32 of the UNEB Act states:
“A person who is authorised, or purports to be authorised, by an examination centre to collect examination registration fees from students, and fails or neglects to remit the fees to the Examinations Board, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding 40 million shillings, imprisonment not exceeding ten years, or both. In addition, the person convicted shall repay the money collected from the concerned students or their sponsors and compensate them accordingly.”