Court bans exams on Muslim public holidays
May 12, 2021 Students sitting for national exams earlier this year
The Constitutional court has issued a permanent injunction restraining the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) from conducting examinations on any day that coincided with any relevant Muslim religious holidays like Idd Adhua or Idd El Fitr.
According to the judgement of the five justices; Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Elizabeth Musoke, Cheborion Barishaki, Muzamiru Kibeedi and Irene Mulyagonja, if Uneb makes an examination timetable before ascertaining the exact date of any relevant Muslim religious holiday and the examination date falls on a religious holiday, that examination shall be postponed to a later date.