Uganda, Feb. 16 -- The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has said the grading system for all candidates has been applied uniformly using automation.

Speaking shortly after the release of last year's Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results yesterday, Uneb Executive Director Dan Odongo said the grading system is first assessed by all the stakeholders.

"The Board fixes (in) the process called awards; we have a meeting with the senior examiners (who have been) responsible and look at the performance of the candidate nationally," he told journalists.

"We look at whichever has been done in the past and then (we) make decisions on what mark corresponds to a distinction, what mark corresponds to a credit [and] what corresponds to...