Uganda Vocational and Technical Assessment Board (UVTAB) Final Time Table for May/June 2025 Assessment Series
Unauthorised possession of assessment tool, material or information
(1) A person who-
(a) without authorisation, before or during an assessment, has in his or her possession or under his or her control, any assessment tool or any part of an assessment tool, assessment material, any other material or information which purports to relate to the contents of any assessment tool or material or information for that assessment; or
(b) attempts to gain possession of any assessment tool or any part of an assessment tool, assessment material, any other material or information which purports to relate to the contents of any assessment tool or material or information for that assessment, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or both.
(2) A person who willfully or negligently assists or causes any candidate to obtain or gain unauthorised possession of any assessment tool, assessment material, any other material and information or any part of the assessment tool, material or information, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or both.
(3) Where the person convicted under subsection (2) is a registered TVET trainer, the Council may revoke his or her certificate of registration.
(4) For the purposes of proving an offence under this section, it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove that the assessment tool, assessment material, any other material or information is genuine or not.
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES RELATED TO ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
Assessment malpractice
A person who-
(a) without lawful authority, before or during an assessment, gives an assessment tool, information or examination material or any other material or equipment to a candidate or to any other person;
(b) with intent to fail or pass a candidate, alters the work, data, information, score or marks of a candidate;
(c) without lawful authority, makes a change in the original answer script of a candidate;
(d) substitutes the original answer script of a candidate;
(e) alters the assessment number, photograph or other identification of a candidate;
(f) without lawful authority, alters the records of the TVET Assessment Board with regard to an assessment or assessment results of a particular candidate; or while engaged as a supervisor, invigilator, scout, monitor or special needs support personnel, negligently allows or fails to stop unauthorised assistance from being given to a candidate, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.
Loss or misuse of assessment tool, material or information
A person who, having in his or her possession or under his or her control any assessment tool, material or information relating to assessment-
(a) willfully or negligently loses the assessment tool, material or information;
or
(b) uses the assessment tool, material or information in a manner which is prejudicial to the proper and fair conduct of an assessment, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.
Damage or destruction of assessment tool, material or information
A person who willfully or maliciously damages or destroys an assessment tool, equipment, material or information, or any evidence that may lead to conviction under this Act, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.