To further assure test honesty, exams are taken with pencil/pen on paper and personal electronic devices are not permitted within the assessment area. Prior to entering the test area, these students in Nkoyoyo were required to show cleared tuition payment via their passbooks or other verification of payment. Faculty and selected UCU alum serve as examination supervisors. Results of Trinity Semester exam marks will be posted in September.
Individual preparation (Social Sciences)
In the Ham Mukasa library, Rebbeca Nambuya, a year-one student in the Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration, School of Social Sciences, prepares for her Writing and Study Skills exam. Most UCU tests are three hours each with a combination of essay, short answer and multiple-choice questions. When asked if she felt well prepared for her end-of-term assessment, she replied “yes” and that she was “best prepared for the paper.”
Group study (Business)
UCU School of Business Procurement and Logistics students work together to help each other with knowledge and skills for two tests – Writing and Study Skills and Elements of Mathematics. These are among all qualified (fees paid) UCU students taking final exams of three-hours each in a two-week August period of the Trinity Semester on the Mukono campus.
Peer-to-peer support (Divinity & Theology)
Seated among the trees and monkeys outside UCU’s Principals Hall, these Bishop Tucker School of Divinity & Theology students, wrapping up their first year, provide each other support in studying for the end-of-term exams Aug. 8-18, 2022. Student Joshua Elimu leads the discussion. Written tests at UCU supplement practical assessments. Post-graduate assessments are mostly all on-line.
Exam stress relief (Business)
The UCU main campus affords various stress-relieving options for exam takers. Among these are sports such as demonstrated by Tracy Namugosa, a year-one student pursuing her Bachelors of Business Administration in the School of Business. She is shown here playing basketball to refresh her mind after the examination. Food, including such comfort items as ice cream sundaes, and a good-night’s rest are other anxiety-reducing strategies. Students at other UCU Campuses and Regional Colleges were likewise being assessed. Various Assistant Registrars from the Main campus have been dispatched to the other campuses to help with the examinations.
Tracy Namugosa, a year-one student pursuing the Bachelors of Business Administration, talks about how she plays basketball as a stress reliever before and after exams.
Examination completion – New term without freshmen
Kakuru Sam, who teaches UCU Information Technology, carries completed exams for marking. The next term, Advent Semester, begins Sept. 5. Due to Uganda’s pandemic shutdown that included education stoppage for up to two years, UCU has very few first-year students in this normal in-take period. Last year, and due to the education shutdown, university recruitment of secondary Senior Six students was nearly non-existent.
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