Police are to deploy at least 1,800 officers at all Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination centres across the country as the briefing of candidates kicks off today.
Police spokesperson Fred Enanga also ordered the heads of schools not to block any student from sitting examinations on account of not paying tuition.
Addressing journalists during a joint press conference with officials from the Uganda National Examination Board (Uneb) yesterday, Mr Enanga said the strict guidelines put in place are to ensure a smooth examination environment.
“We are going to deploy our territorial commanders to patrol all the UCE examination centres across the country to guard the exams and also rule out any planned riots or strikes that might come up,” he said.
A total of 337,697 candidates are expected to sit UCE examinations from 1,832 centres across the country.
