[UgaBYTES] UNEB to Issue Results Via SMS

[Sandra Nassali]

Good point there Meddie, telecentres can always come in as access points;
for people with out mobile phones in rural areas...

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Meddie Mayanja <mmayanja at idrc.ca> wrote:

> This is really very interesting...
>
> Next step is to have students register for Advanced level and Ordinary
> level exams online. They could also check for results online. Egypt is
> already using this approach and has driven Internet services use
> tremendously. It also means telecentres can serve as access points in this
> chain.
>
> Certainly way to go.
>
> Meddie
>
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> Sent: January 20, 2010 8:50 AM
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> Subject: [UgaBYTES] UNEB to Issue Results Via SMS
>
> Kampala — A NEWLY launched short message service (SMS) will enable students
> who sit national exams to get their results immediately after they are
> released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). With the
> SMS-service, students in candidate classes countrywide will be also able to
> check their exam registration status before sitting the exams.
> In addition, UNEB has launched a new design of examination certificates to
> curb on the rampant forgery of transcripts and impersonation.
>
> The SMS facility that starts next month, will be implemented in partnership
> with a Kampala-based IT solutions company, SMS-Media. It will start with
> the
> release of the results of exams conducted in October and December 2009.
>
> To access the service, users can enter prescribed keywords in their mobile
> phones, followed by their index numbers. They then send the SMS to the code
> number 6600. They will then receive their exam results or registration
> details instantly. Each SMS sent to 6600 will be charged sh500.
>
> Each SMS response contains information of only one candidate. It will
> initially be available on MTN, ZAIN and uganda telecom. Arrangements are
> ongoing to have it available across all mobile networks.
>
> Results will be released for primary leaving exams (PLE), O'level and
> A'level as well as technical education and business courses that are
> examined by UNEB. The results will be available by SMS for 10 months from
> the date of their release.
>
> UNEB boss Mathew Bukenya said their colleagues in other countries, such as
> neighbouring Kenya, are implementing similar programmes.
>
> "Our colleagues were ahead of us. We thought that we needed to move forward
> as well," he said.
>
> On the new certificates, Bukenya said they will have enhanced security
> features, such as a digital photograph of the candidate as well as a chip
> for computerised access to the embedded data. The issuance of the new
> certificates will also start next year.
>
> Education minister Namirembe Bitamazire said the new system will make it
> easy for students, particularly those who live in the countryside, to
> quickly know their scores in the national exams without having to travel.
>
> "There are more candidates than ever before and we needed to come up with a
> quick way of interacting with them," she said.
>
> --
> Sandra Nassali
> Community Facilitator
> UgaBYTES Initiative (www.ugabytes.org)
> Telecentre.org  (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
> Plot 2218 Ggaba Road,
> 2nd Floor Kangave House
> P.O. Box 6081 K'la
> Email  snassali at ugabytes.org
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Sandra Nassali
Community Facilitator
UgaBYTES Initiative (www.ugabytes.org)
Telecentre.org  (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
Plot 2218 Ggaba Road,
2nd Floor Kangave House
P.O. Box 6081 K'la
Email  snassali at ugabytes.org
chat    (skype)- n.sandra.
Tel      +256-414-370163

Watch out for the 'telecentre.org Idol 2010'. More details on
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