A-Level Students to Study Up To 5 Years In New Curriculum

Busein Samilu  March 27, 2023

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Starting 2025, students pursuing the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or A’level will study for a minimum of two years and a maximum of five years.

In the proposed A-level curriculum, the students will also need not to repeat all the subjects but only do those that they have failed as it is done in universities currently.

This was contained in the curriculum updates that were presented to the press by John Okumu, the manager Secondary Department at the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), ahead of the commemoration of 50 years is operations.

In this new curriculum under review, Okumu said learners will not be required to repeat all the subjects if they pass some, or if they desire to repeat certain subjects for purposes of improving their scores.

“So, we are proposing that learners should only be made to repeat a failed subject, or a learner may not have failed because for example scoring an E is not failing but you can sit for the sake of improving your scores. You repeat only that subject in the other year,” he said.