30/01/2020
New curriculum changes.
1. Examinations to be given at the end of year/class.
2. Terminal examinations are no longer considered
3. ~Objective~ ~questions~ have been phased out in all subjects
4. Students will be expected to produce a field work report after the real fieldwork.
5. Fieldwork studies to be school- based.
6. Teaching to be learner centered and not ~teacher centered~
7. *Formative assessment* contributes 20% and *summative* *assessment* (UCE) contributes 80%.
8. *S.one* are to do *12* *subjects* . 11 are compulsory and one elective
9. In *geography* ~Rhineland's~ , ~North~ ~America~ have been phased out remaining with Rest of Africa, map use but not map reading, East Africa, China and Photographic interpretation and field work based school.
10. There will be two physics, chemistry papers
11. A candidate's performance on examination shall be assigned a grade on a grade 7 - point scale, from grade 1 (the highest) to *grade 7* ( the lowest), or *ungraded (U).*
12. History has two papers i.e. paper 1 *HISTORY AND POLITICAL EDUCATION OF EAST AFRICA SINCE 1000 A.D (TIME 2HRS)*
Section A
5 questions shall be set about east African history( select 2 numbers)
Section B
5 questions about pol. Educ (select 2 numbers)
Paper 2 ( *HISTORY AND POLITICAL EDUCATION OUTSIDE EAST AFRICA SINCE 1000 A.D*
√. Comprises of 8 essay questions.
13. *UCE* changed to Uganda Certificate for Lower Secondary Education ( *_UCLSE_* ).
14. *_General_* *_science_* for students with special needs *ONLY*
15. Examination papers reduced in all subjects.
16. ~Agriculture~ as a topic has also been phased out from the ```geography``` ```syllabus```.
17. Terminal exams changed to activity of integration.
[28/01 8:49 pm] +256 758 289819: The Ministry has extended the reporting date for students in the schools acting as Sesemat Training Centers, to create time for conducting training for Master trainers,on the new lower secondary curriculum.
